The Girl On a Motorcycle
‘The presence of women is an indispensible element of spectacle in normal narrative film, yet her visual presence tends to work against the development of a story line, to freeze the flow of action in moments of erotic contemplation.� (Mulvey 40)
The phallocentrism maintained in this film is very influential. Even though this film had a woman riding around in her motorcycle it was not very pleasant to see the main character, Rebecca, getting dominated by the male character, Raymond. Although it didn’t seem like she didn’t have a problem with Raymond being the order around. This is why I don’t think this film is liberating for other woman at all. There were many scenes where Rebecca would let Raymond take her over especially the many scenes where they are sleeping together. He seems like the one who was always dominating her.
There were many scenes where the male gaze is maintained throughout this film, with Rebecca being the sexual depiction with her very tight leather suit riding on her motorcycle. The various scenes in this film where the male characters gaze is at Rebecca are when she was filling up her gas, checking her paperwork, and even in the bar.