some sort of freedom

A split screen contemplation on the representation of women in cars in three films:

It Follows (2015, dir. David Robert Mitchell); Titane (2021, dir. Julia Ducornau), and Under the Skin (2014, dir. Jonathan Glazer)

In each film the female protagonist is in pursuit of “some sort of freedom,” and in each case, is met with resistance, failed promises, and violence by the men in the films, and by society at large.

It's Funny. We used to daydream about being old enough to go on dates.

Drive around with friends in their cars.

I had this image of myself,

holding hands with a really cute guy,

listening to the radio,

driving along some pretty road, up north maybe.

And the trees started to change colors.

It was never about going anywhere really.

Just having some sort of freedom, I guess.

-It Follows