Representation of Women in Get Carter

Glenda Poker Scene
Glenda's role in this scene is to provide information to Carter, but she is does this as an order given by a man. She is seen but not heard as mens diegetic voices are a higher level than hers, even when she has something important to say. She is telling Carter useful information about the Fletcher brothers but Kinnear is talking over her and is louder than her and he is only playing Poker. This shows that women's voices aren't important or listened to by men. The only power she has is her sexuality, when she asks Carter to put her glass on the table. However, this is also controlled by men.When she doesn't follow orders correctly she gets abused. She gets told to get Carter a drink but gets the wrong glass and Kinnear abuses her for it, this shows that she is domestic. She is like a tool to be used by men, in each frame she is surrounded by men, told what to do and ignored when not working.

Glenda Car/ Sex Scene
Glenda is denied a point of view, we never see the world from a female perspective. We never seen any male body shots or close ups except for Carter's back and face, this is because it doesn't appeal to heterosexual men which the film is made to entertain. We see many close ups of Glenda's body, we see her legs, bum, boobs, face, back and chest. This is so we, as an audience, can take pleasure from seeing her and also so that Carter can take pleasure from viewing her. There is also no female pleasure in the film.

Anna Phone Sex Scene
Anna is positioned as an erotic object for Carter, however since he is not there to see her she is primarily an erotic object for the spectator. She is naked and sexualised. She fills the screen with close ups, this makes this scene become close and intimate. She is also framed in a way that suggests she is being watched, this adds a sense of voyeurism to the film. She doesn't have control over her own sexual pleasure, it is dictated by a man. She says to Carter that she'll finish tomorrow but Carter tells her no finish on Sunday when he is there.This shows that women don't have any control over anything in the 1970s, not even their own bodies. This also shows that female liberation in the "swinging '60s" was not successful as women aren't liberated at all, they still get told what to do by men. They don't get a choice in anything, they get told what told what to do and if they don't then they get punished. Anna draws in male audiences. She is sitting on a bed naked and is having an orgasm, this will attract men. She is also played by Britt Ekland who was a big star in the '70s that many men loved and wanted to see naked. Men in the '70s expected to see a woman depicted like this, it was the norm as that was how women were treated then. They didn't see it as a representation they just saw it as what a woman should be like.

Edna
She is there to provide food, drink, sex, shelter and to serve him. These are traditional views of women and what all the other women do but Edna doesn't start like this. She is independent, she has her own business and she doesn't have a man of her own (which is because of her being independent, this makes her unappealing to men because she is challenging the status quo). When Carter first returns to her house Edna stands up to him and tells him to go away