Laura Mulvey's seminal essay discusses how classical Hollywood cinema portrays women through the "male gaze", objectifying and fetishizing the female form for the pleasure of the presumed male viewer. Mulvey argues that cinema actively promotes and reinforces patriarchal values through its visual styles and editing patterns. She calls for a revolution in cinema language and techniques to dismantle oppressive representations of women.

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Auteur Psychoanalysis Laura Mulvey’s Male Gaze