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Bette Gordon: ‘I realised: Oh my God, it’s a porn theatre! I was delighted’

The New York director’s 1983 film Variety used a real ‘adult’ cinema to turn around the male gaze. On its re-release, she explains her lifelong drive to push boundaries

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Variety review – fierce feminist porn drama from the 80s New York underground

Bette Gordon’s fascinating 1983 film about a woman working in an adult movie theatre has a script by Kathy Acker and parts for Nan Goldin and Spalding Gray

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023