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Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris is a film director, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for directing the comedy film Wayne's World as well as the documentary trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization. Her work often explores subcultures and the lives of marginalized individuals.
Titles credited to Penelope Spheeris
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with o...
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The Second Coming of Suzanne
Jared Martin plays an aspiring film maker obsessed with the idea of Christ as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject. 'Based' on a song by Leonard Cohen.
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