The three faces of Christine (John Carpenter, 1983)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25145/j.latente.2020.18.07Keywords:
automobile, monster woman, teenagers, American culture, slasherAbstract
This article explores the sarcastic and self-reflexive nature of the film Christine, based on Stephen King’s homonymous novel, underestimated by specialized critical writing. This nature becomes clearly visible trough the analysis of the three facets of the leading character, a 1958 Plymouth Fury called Christine: serial killer in the manner of Michael Myers (Halloween), monster woman who condenses the entire Western misogynistic tradition and corrupting of teenagers as a continuation of the 50s counterculture.
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