![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She meets people along the way and acts in a demanding and occasionally demeaning way. Taylor plays a woman named Lise, who is planning a trip to Rome as the film opens. The film plays well into some of Taylor’s repertoire like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? And Secret Ceremony. The set opens with Identikit, an Elizabeth Taylor starring film that has seen some releases in the past, but none of this quality. This set collects 4 films that are analyzed in the book, restores them and adds extra features bringing them into further context. I know Janisse has a long working reputation with Severin Films, so it is good to see that the book being connected with them in the form of the House of Psychotic Women – Rarities Collection. It has left a lingering effect even after a decade, and I will say is probably one of the greatest books on film to be released in the post-2000’s period. When Kier-La Janisse’s book House of Psychotic Women came out in 2012, I had declared it one of the finest books on film I had read in many years. ![]()
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