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Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?

Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?: Encyclopedia II - Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?

Since the beginning of sound cinema, with very few exceptions, the films of women had been absent from mainstream cinema fore more then half a century. Sometimes actresses enjoying a star status turned to directing (like Barbara Streisand). Thelma & Louise and The Color Purple showed the acceptability of feminist themes – when the director was a man. These films turned out to be rather isolated incidents whereas blatantly sexist fi ...

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Women's cinema: Encyclopedia II - Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?

Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?

Since the beginning of sound cinema, with very few exceptions, the films of women had been absent from mainstream cinema fore more then half a century. Sometimes actresses enjoying a star status turned to directing (like Barbara Streisand). Thelma & Louise and The Color Purple showed the acceptability of feminist themes – when the director was a man. These films turned out to be rather isolated incidents whereas blatantly sexist films like Basic Instinct continue to be Box office hits.

Kathryn Bigelow works in male-dominated genres like science fiction, action and horror. Dörris Dörrie landed a box office hit with her satire Men. Italian Lina Wertmüller has directed a great number of popular films on the war of the sexes, with various artistic success.

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