Reel Time: Reclaiming the Frame in the Coralie Fargeat's 'Revenge'
With the opening moments showing the film's desert setting reflected in the blue-green tint of French millionaire Richard's aviator sunglasses, Coralie Fargeat's directorial debut, Revenge , is clearly concerned with acts of looking and the lenses through which we do so. Screened at Picturehouse Central in London (and other locations) as part of the Reclaim the Frame influencer project by Bird's Eye View, a mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women and build a more balanced film future by boosting the commercial success of said films, Revenge is a rape-revenge thriller which first utilises and then re-purposes the male gaze. The desert landscape is reflected in Richard's glasses (right) whilst Jen's lenses reflect nothing (left), Revenge (2017) Though Jen (Matilda Lutz) expects a romantic getaway with Richard ( Kevin Janssens) all to herself (away from his wife and kids), their trip is interrupted by the early arrival of hi...