February 9 Toronto Thirty women and […]
When
1980-02-09
Description
February 9 Toronto Thirty women and ten gay men picketed the movie Windows, directed by Gordon Willis, showing at the Imperial Six theatre. The film depicted a lesbian M (Elizabeth Ashley) who hired a man to rape a woman (Talia Shire) she was in love with, to convince the woman not to go to bed with men.
All Places
TorontoAll People
Talia ShireElizabeth AshleyGordon WillisAll Monograph
WindowsAll Citations
"Windows Showing Draws Angry Protest," Body Politic, no. 61 (1980), p. 9.Heather-Anne (St. James), "Film Says 'Men Rape, Lesbians Watch,'" Lesbian Perspective (LOOT), March 1980, p. (4)Lawrence O'Toole, "Things That Go Frump in the Night" (review), Maclean's, 21 January 1980, p. 46Michael Lynch, "The Logic of the Extras," Body Politic, no. 60 (1980), p. 34Robin Hardy, "The Homosexual as Vampire: Windows and Cruising" (review), Body Politic, no. 61 (1980), p. 33
