Bechdel Test Movie List

/bech·del test/ n.
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

[[2]] The Devil's Hand (1962) [imdb]

This movie passed 2 of 3 tests. It was entered by trina B on 2013-07-28 09:56:35.

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trina B said:
There are a few named women in this movie, but they rarely talk. There is one scene where donna talks to an unnamed nurse, so that doesn't count. they talk about men anyway. There is another scene where Bianca talks to the named nurse, mary, on the phone. They are initially talking about Donna, so it almost passes, but then Donna walks by and Bianca and Mary start talking about how donna is being picked up by Rick, so it blows that conversation. The closest the movie actually comes to passing the test is when Bianca is using her thought projection magick to hypnotize Donna, but technically Bianca is talking to a doll, not Donna . And Donna barely replies to Bianca's chanting.. so even if you argued that bianca was using a doll to communicate with donna, they're still not actually talking. And passing a movie on a two word technicality would be an exercise in pointlessness, anyway.
Message posted on 2013-07-28 09:56:35

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