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Philadelphia Dally News Wednesday. Jan. 25. 1984 41 Future-Feminist 'Born in Flames' Faiis wimwiMMMiiiw i nap ijg fc are uniformly creepy and, well, ugly every last one of them. There isn't a single attractive woman (either physically or spiritually) in "Born in Flames." It is difficult to have much empathy, let alone sympathy, for these foul, aggressive hermaphrodite-like creatures who are devoid of the same humanity that they criticize men for lacking.

"Born in Flames" is set 10 years from now, in New York, during a period immediately following a socialist revolution that has led to a complacent one-party system. While politicians still debate about whether housewives should be paid for their duties, women continue to be See FLAME Page 43 chance of accomplishing any of this in "Born in Flames," her sliceof-feminist-life nightmare that is far beyond the dreams of even the piggi-est male chauvinist Ostensibly, this is a futuristic alle-gory manifesto on the treatment or, rather, the abuse of women. However, it quickly dissolves into a whining drama of depravity. Borden opens her movie with mock-furious scenes of women being accosted, harrassed, attacked and raped in city streets and continues for the next 90 minutes with one moment after another of hysteria, rage, remorse, desperation, violence (lots of violence) and," of course, innumerable lectures. Ever since the early '60s, when film introduced a new realistic context to social-problem dramas, moviemakers have been confronted with the impossible dilemma of "making a statement" without turning their characters into mere symbols.

They seldom succeed, and "Born in Flames" is yet another example of a message movie whose message is being delivered by half-people. The hard-eyed documentaristfemi-nist in Borden has restrained her from sentimentalizing her women bathetically. That's good. However, it also has prompted her to people her story with women who rarely seem like women. They aren't exactly manish either.

Instead, her "heroines" have the look and manner of teenage boys. Borden's sisters here "Born in Flames." A drama produced, directed and edited by lizzie Borden. Featuring Honey, Jeanne Satterfield, Adele Bertei and Flo Kennedy. Photographed by Ed Bowes, Al Santana and Phil O'Reilly. Music by The Bloods, Ibis and The Red Crayola.

Running Time: 90 minutes. A First Run release. Beginning today at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. An International CinemaNeighborhood Film Project presentation. By JOE BALTAKE Daily News Movie Reviewer Bam convinced that somewhere inside Lizzie Borden, there is an audacious, witty, even perceptive filmmaker struggling to get out but she gives herself little room or Honey: WW GENERAL audiences.

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