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JOANNA BOURKE

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Niki de Saint Phalle and Peter Whitehead’s 1973 Film ‘Daddy’
‘A new motto: What have they done to you, poor child? But now enough of my filthy stories.’ (Sigmund Freud writing to Wilhelm Fliess on 22 December 1897). Peter Whitehead and Niki de Saint Phalle’s 1973 film Daddy is an angry retort to oppressive regimes, particularly that most destructive one of childhood sexual abuse. But its power lies equally in its ambivalence and, in the end, its profound negativity. While Whitehead and de Saint Phalle resolutely sought to free
6 days ago21 min read
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