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The man/car gender binary in John Carpenter's Christine

Horror movies often problematize the simplicity of binaries. John Carpenter's 1983 movie Christine is no exception. This video proposes an alternative gender binary: Man or Car, and then looks at the ways that Christine blurs the lines.

This essay received a feature in the "Best Video Essays of 2023" poll compiled by the British Film Institute's magazine, Sight & Sound.

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