Niki de Saint Phalle

  • Niki de Saint Phalle & Peter Whitehead – Daddy (1973)

    Peter Whitehead1971-1980CultFranceNiki de Saint PhallePerformance

    A fantasy about a woman’s attempts to exorcise the influence of her sexually domineering father.

    “What began as a documentary on sculptress Niki de St. Phalle finished up as a fantasy about a woman’s attempts to exorcise the influence of her sexually domineering father. It provides an excuse for a whole ragbag of Freudian neuroses, six-foot phalluses in coffins, nubile girls in nun’s habits stripping in front of altars, masturbation, some obvious jokes, pretty photography, abysmal acting, and a commentary that reads and sounds like a Home Service children’s story for adults” (Chris Petit, Time Out)Read More »

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