Hmmmmm...

nelle2nelle — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:58:17 -0500

I'm conflicted on this.

On one hand, moviemaking tends to be dominated by men, and so what makes it onto a screen tends to be from their perspective. Tall skinny blondes (who in this case might well be one of the greatest ever in her profession. IMO her performance in Monster was the best acting performance I've ever seen) in tight clothing appeals - and sells.

So we have a movie made primarily by men:

Director: Peter Berg
Screenplay By: Vince Gilligan and Vy Vincent Ngo
Producers: Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann, Will Smith, and James Lassiter
Executive Producers: Ian Bryce, Jonathan Mostow, and Richard Saperstein
Director of Photography: Tobias Schliessler
Production Designer: Neil Spisak
Editors: Paul Rubell and Colby Parker Jr
Visual Effects Designed By: John Dykstra

http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aahancockcast.htm

I'm right there with lamenting the seemingly endless parade of movies written from such a perspective... but what is reasonable when talking on movies in totality? Is it enough to expect half of movies to carry a feminist perspective? 25%? 75%? 100%?

nelle

From the 'hood: Hancock: Super man, Super woman, Super chic? SPOILER ALERT

From the 'hood — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:32:23 -0500

Screenwriter and author Amy Ferris (guest posting on Women & Hollywood) tells us what she initially loved about Charlize Theron's character in Hancock, and explains why her love had waned some by the film's end.

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Hmmmmm...

From the 'hood: Hancock: Super man, Super woman, Super chic? SPOILER ALERT