tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722401236746174456.post254046615530890592..comments2023-04-04T07:49:08.032-07:00Comments on Kimyoo Films: Georgetown and Female Shorts Film Festival Day the SecondLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299794216340067897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722401236746174456.post-90397042302694555382010-06-05T18:17:45.868-07:002010-06-05T18:17:45.868-07:00Gender and offered opportunity go hand in hand. If...Gender and offered opportunity go hand in hand. If Jack and Jill are up for the same movie, odds are that Jack's going to get it and that it'll get properly backed by the studios. If Jill wants to work in the business as a director, Jill's going to have to do "women's work": dramas, comedies, romantic comedies, romance and even then, Jack may still get the film ahead of her. Miss Congeniality, Two Weeks Notice, Terms of Endearment among others...all directed by men. I'm not saying they weren't good films because they're directed by men or anything like that, I freakin' love Miss Congeniality for one thing, I'm just saying that, well, film is a man's world and horror is especially so.<br /><br />You'll notice though that the women you've mentioned aren't horror directors so much as they're women who've done horror and even then...in some cases, not that spectacularly. Talalay probably has the most credits in the genre having worked on all of the Elm Street movies in varying capacities, but her director filmography is mostly hour-long dramatic television. Freddy's Dead is pretty cartoony and weak, though fun for a Freddy sequel.<br /><br />Mary Lambert, well...other than Pet Sematary, I'm not familiar with her work, but I can tell you that for all of her genre offerings, I don't see her name in Fangoria.<br /><br />Mary Harron and Amy Holden Jones aren't horror directors, either, but I should mention that I haven't seen Holden-Jones' Slumber Party Massacre yet. Slasher flicks and I don't really get along, but Brinke Stevens is one of my favourite Scream Queens so I'm sure I'll put that on my queue if I haven't already.<br /><br />Kathryn Bigelow is lucky as well as talented. I'm not into action films, but I don't remember there being a commotion about her having directed Point Break or K19 and it's funny that she's recognized for these action films because she's a pacifist.<br /><br />Oh, Ida Lupino...I'm only vaguely familiar with her work on both sides of the camera, but I adore The Trouble with Angels. I actually brought that with me to Virginia! I'll have to look up The Hitch-Hiker when I get home.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299794216340067897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722401236746174456.post-54716450029382278842010-06-05T09:59:54.511-07:002010-06-05T09:59:54.511-07:00Wow, sounds like a nice hike.
I never understood ...Wow, sounds like a nice hike.<br /><br />I never understood the argument "women can't do horror" (or, alternately, "women can't do action"). Admittedly, there are very few I can name off the top of my head (Kathryn Bigelow, Mary Lambert, Rachel Talalay, Mary Haron, Amy Holden Jones), but I think that has nothing to do with "gender quality" as it does offered opportunity. It does seem to be a tricky industry sell, which is disappointing.<br /><br />How familiar are you with Ida Lupino? A popular and well respected actress in her day, with a career spanning 1931-1978, she was a filmmaker at heart and pulled whatever connection she could to get behind the camera. While most were television efforts, she did some well respected films, like the comedy THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS, the drama OUTRAGE, and the noir thriller ON DANGEROUS GROUND (which she actually picked up when the initial director fell ill).<br /><br />Her best, though, which she also co-wrote and produced, was <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045877/" rel="nofollow">THE HITCH-HIKER</a>. A pair of buddies on a fishing trip pick up a hitcher who turned out to be a sadistic convict who just escaped from jail and needs a ride down to Mexico. He promises them that they'll die once they reach their destination, though he can't hold back on having a little fun while on the way. It's a tight, twisted psychological thriller about three men on a desert road, and I dare anybody to find me a man who could direct it better than Lupino did.NoelCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744014386233716741noreply@blogger.com