Summary:
A warped retelling of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. Co-written by novelist Angela Carter and Irish director Neil Jordan, the film takes place within the dreams of a young girl. Told through a number of individual stories, the various characters and creatures create a mystical landscape full of symbolic meaning. The film tackles the theme of burgeoning female sexuality - the onset of adolescence, the end of childhood and the loss of innocence.
Analysis:
“Carter’s original stories, “The Werewolf,” “The Company of Wolves,” and, to a lesser extent, “Wolf-Alice,” are patched together in the script to explore issues of female sexuality and desire within a patriarchal universe, using images of the wolf and werewolf to represent the power, seduction, and threat of sexuality. Both tales and film thus infuse Charles Perrault’s “Little Red Riding Hood” with psychological depth, Freudian significance, and a heighted sense of erotic menace.” (Haase, 2008:228)
Haase, D. (2008) The Greenwood encyclopaedia of folktales and fairy tales. Connecticut:Greenwood Press
Release:
1984
Director:
Neil Jordan
Screenplay by:
Neil Jordan, Angela Carter
Produced by:
Chris Brown, Stephen Wooley
Genre/subgenre:
Horror, Fantasy, Fairy tale, Gothic
Country:
United Kingdom
Cast:
Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea, David Warner
Selected Director Filmography:
Company of Wolves, Mona Lisa, The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins, The Butcher Boy, The End of the Affair, The Good Thief, Breakfast on Pluto, Ondine
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