Carving Up the Psyche: Susan Streitfeld's 'Female Perversions'

The erotic images of actor Tilda Swinton – naked, half-naked, quivering with (what seems to be) orgasmic spasms, post-coital, or bound in twisted silk while negotiating a tightrope – are the marketed impressions of Susan Streitfeld's directorial/writing debut Female Perversions (1996).