Comments on: AWFJ Women On Film - The Week In Women, October 30, 2009 - MaryAnn Johanson http://awfj.org/2009/10/31/awfj-women-on-film-the-week-in-women-october-30-2009-maryann-johanson/ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:06:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tyler http://awfj.org/2009/10/31/awfj-women-on-film-the-week-in-women-october-30-2009-maryann-johanson/#comment-7974 Tyler Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:05:34 +0000 http://awfj.org/?p=4062#comment-7974 Interesting. I have always thought a good path to success for women filmmakers would be to make general-audience material, gain clout, and then eventually have the freedom to make anything they want. But Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a pretty good example. If I had to guess, I'd say competing studios felt the success had more to do with supermarket tabloid drama than the premise. Aeon Flux could have done the same (female director, too!) but I don't think it was a very big hit, and I understand the studio kind of screwed it up. As for your other two examples, the success went more to the musical than the women (although Mamma Mia! has both), and it's easier to import and dub Crouching Tiger knockoffs than make new ones. But I still think this film is on the horizon, a Transformers-like action blockbuster starring a teen girl (although hopefully better than Transformers, and starring someone other than Megan Fox, who I'm hoping will just go away). Interesting. I have always thought a good path to success for women filmmakers would be to make general-audience material, gain clout, and then eventually have the freedom to make anything they want. But Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a pretty good example. If I had to guess, I’d say competing studios felt the success had more to do with supermarket tabloid drama than the premise. Aeon Flux could have done the same (female director, too!) but I don’t think it was a very big hit, and I understand the studio kind of screwed it up.

As for your other two examples, the success went more to the musical than the women (although Mamma Mia! has both), and it’s easier to import and dub Crouching Tiger knockoffs than make new ones. But I still think this film is on the horizon, a Transformers-like action blockbuster starring a teen girl (although hopefully better than Transformers, and starring someone other than Megan Fox, who I’m hoping will just go away).

]]> By: Lisa http://awfj.org/2009/10/31/awfj-women-on-film-the-week-in-women-october-30-2009-maryann-johanson/#comment-7970 Lisa Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:07:22 +0000 http://awfj.org/?p=4062#comment-7970 I think that's because you become more aware of it as you get older it is a weird sickness in society I think that’s because you become more aware of it as you get older

it is a weird sickness in society

]]> By: Lucy Gillam http://awfj.org/2009/10/31/awfj-women-on-film-the-week-in-women-october-30-2009-maryann-johanson/#comment-7967 Lucy Gillam Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:44:05 +0000 http://awfj.org/?p=4062#comment-7967 *raises an angry fist in solidarity* I keep expecting this to mellow with age. Instead, I just keep getting angrier about this bullshit. *raises an angry fist in solidarity*

I keep expecting this to mellow with age. Instead, I just keep getting angrier about this bullshit.

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