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I've Heard The Mermaids Singing

A Queer Film Classic

ISBN-13: 9781551525648

Author(s): Julia Mendenhall

Subjects: APFA, ATFA

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Publisher Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press

Publication Date: 22-01-2015

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£14.99

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About the book

A Queer Film Classic on I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Miramax), a quirky, ethereal feminist 1987 film by Canadian director Patricia Rozema about Polly, a socially awkward secretary who takes photographs as a hobby. When her former lover Mary, an artist, comes back into her life, Polly alternates between the growing realisation that she is too old for Mary, and an idyllic dream state in which plain-looking people like her lead passionate lives. Julia Mendenhall, a long-time fan of the film, places it in the context of the history of feminist cinema.

I've Heard The Mermaids Singing

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