Tender Fictions
Synopsis
Childhood stories of the artist as a young lesbian and intimate tales of the lesbian as a young artist underscore the filmmaker's life of performances. With a Swiss army knife she robs an American Express Bank in Morocco, accosts a shepherd in a field on International Women's Day, and tap dances on Shirley Temple's star on Hollywood Boulevard. This child movie star was the ideal by which Hammer's ambitious mother measured her own Barbie. Grandma, already a cook for Lillian Gish in Hollywood, introduced the cute, loquacious child and her mother to D.W. Griffith. Lesbian autobiography is a slender genre, so Hammer draws from general culture studies for critique and to provide an ironic edge to the synthesized "voices of authority".
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Type: Trailer • Published 2017-07-20
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March 15, 1995
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Barbara Hammer
- Original Title
- Tender Fictions
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 58m
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What is Tender Fictions about?
Childhood stories of the artist as a young lesbian and intimate tales of the lesbian as a young artist underscore the filmmaker's life of performances. With a Swiss army knife she robs an American Express Bank in Morocco, accosts a shepherd in a field on International Women's Day, and tap dances on Shirley Temple's star on Hollywood Boulevard. This child movie star was the ideal by which Hammer's ambitious mother measured her own Barbie. Grandma, already a cook for Lillian Gish in Hollywood, introduced the cute, loquacious child and her mother to D.W. Griffith. Lesbian autobiography is a slender genre, so Hammer draws from general culture studies for critique and to provide an ironic edge to the synthesized "voices of authority".
Who directed Tender Fictions?
Tender Fictions was directed by Barbara Hammer.
Who stars in Tender Fictions?
The principal cast of Tender Fictions includes Barbara Hammer.
When was Tender Fictions released and how long is it?
Tender Fictions was released in 1995 with a total runtime of 58m.