Transcript Slide 1

FILMS
showing in Bristol and Bath
November 2009
from Venue listings
Sue
The Good News
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In 2007 NO films directed by women in a chosen
week in July
In November 2009 17 by women
plus 6 collaborations between men and women
The good news
Some real, award winning treats:
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Jane Campion Bright Star
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Andrea Arnold Fish Tank
Films directed by women
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Afghan Star dir Havana Marking
Amelia dir Mira Nair
An Education dir Lone Scherfig
The Age of Stupid dir Franny Armstrong
Bright Star dir Jane Campion
Cold Souls dir Sophie Bathes)
Cracks dir Jorgan Scott (daughter of Ridley)
Fish Tank dir Andrea Arnold
Have you heard the news from Johannesburg: The Bottom Line dir Connie Field
Jennifer’s Body dir Karyn Kusama
Lords of Dogtown dir Catherine Harwick
Movement (R)evolution Africa dir Joan Frosch and Alla Kovgan
Nativity 2009 dir Debbie Isitt
Films by women
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1 Day dir Penny Woodcock
Rachida dir Yamina Bachir
Rough Aunties 2008 Kim Longinotto
Wendy and Lucy dir Kelly Reichardt
Films by men
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Afterschool dir Antonio Campos
An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli
The Belles of St Trinians 1954 dir Frank Launder
Big River Man dir John Maringouin
Bird Watchers dir Marco Behis 2008
Blind Loves 2008 dir Juraj Lehotsky
Bunny and the Bull dir Paul King
A Christmas Carol dir Robert Zemeckis
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant dir Paul Wietz
Cloudy with a chance of meat balls dir Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
The Company of Wolves dir Neil Jordan
Couples retreat dir Peter Billingsley
The Cove dir Louie Psihoyo
Films by men
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Creep dir Chris Smith
Crimson Wing dir Matthew Aeberhard
A Crude Awakening dir Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack
Dead Man Running dir Alex De Rakoff
Delta dir Kornel Mundruczo
Dog Soldiers 2002 dir. Neil Marshall
Dorian Gray dir Oliver Parker
The Devils Backbone dir Guillermo Del Toro
Dracula dir Terence Fisher 1958
The Draughtsman’s Clash
lumbamba: Death of a Prophet dir Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda/ Raoul Peck
Echoes of Home Stefen Schwietert
The Eel
Films by men
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Vengence is Mine
The End of the Line dir Rupert Murray
Establishing a Food Forest: The Permaculture Way dir Geoff Lawton
The Exorcist dir William Friedkin 1973
Fame dir Kevin Tancharoen
Fantastic Mr Fox dir Wes Anderson
Glorious 39 dir Stephen Poliakoff
Goodbye Gemini 1970 dir Alan Gibson
Ghosts dir Nick Broomfield
Halloween dir Rob Zombie (??????)
Harry Brown dir Daniel Barber
The Hide dir Maek Losey (grandson of Joseph)
I’ll Never Forget What’s’isnamedir Michael Winner 1968
Films by men
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The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus dir Terry Gillian
An Inconvenient Truth dir Al Gore
The invention of Lying dir Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson
J’Accuse Dir Abel Grace 1919
La Fortress dir Fernand Melgarn
The Fourth Kind dir Olatunde Osunanmi
The Informant dir Steven Soderbergh
The Legend of the Sky Kingdom dir Roger Hawkins 2004
Il Divo dir Paolo Sorrentino
Ikiru dir Kurosawa 1952
King of India dir Avind Sinha
Kisses dir Lance Daly 2009
Law Abiding Citizen 2009 dir F. Gary Gray (vengeance movie)
Films by men
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London Dreams Bolly wood movie dir Vipul Shah
The Legend of the Sky Kingdom dir Roger Hopkins 20064)
Lilya Forever dir Lukas Moodysoon
The Limits of Control dir Jim Jarmusch
Magnificent Obsession dir Douglas Sirk 1952
Mary and Max dir Adam Eliot
The Merry Gentlemen dir Micheal Keaton
The Men who Stare at Goats dir Grant Heslov
Meserine: Killer Instinct dir 2008 Jean Francois Richet
Messerine: Public enemy no 1 dir 2009 Jean Francois Richet
Mid August Lunch dir Gianni Di Gregorio 2009
Micheal Jackson’s This is It dir Kenny Ortega
Mobutu: King fo Zaire dir Theirry Michel
Films by men
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Monty Python’s Live of Brian dir Terry Jones 1979
Moon dir Duncan Jones
My Bloody Valentine dir Patrick Lussier
9 dir Shane Acker
Nosferatu vs The Shrine Synchro System 1922 movie (FW Murnau)
Objectified dir Gary Hustwit 2009
Paper Heart dir Nicholas Janenovee (starring and written by Charlyne Yi )
Paranormal Activity dir Oren Peli
The Plague of the Zombies 1966 dir John Gilling
A Prophet dir Jacques Audiard
The Red Shoes dir Michael Powell 1948
[Rec] dir Juame Balaguero
The Rocky Horror Show dir Jim Sharman
Films by men
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Salome dir Charles Bryant 1923
Samora dir Mosco Kamwendo (African Eye)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning dir Karel Reisz 1960
Scarface dir Brain de Palmer 1983
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner dir Tony Richardson 1961
The Scouting book for Boys dir Tom Harper
A Serious Man dir Cohen Brothers
Shifty dir Eran Creevy
Sin Nombre dir Joji Fukanaga
The Sky Crawlers dir Mamoru Oshii
SawV1 dir Kevin Greutert
The September Issue dir R J Cutler 2009 fashinista documentary
Shawn of the Dead dir Edgar Wright (Simon Pegg comedy) 2004
Films by men
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The Sheikh 1921 dir George Melford
Soul Power dir Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
Sweet Land 2005 dir Ali Selim
Taking Woodstock Ang Lee
Tales from the Golden Age dir various
Touki Bouki 1973 dir Djibril Diop Mambety (Africa Eye)
Time Crimes 2007 dir Nacho Vigalondo
The Times Traveler’s Wife dir Robert Schwentke
Tricks dir Andrzej Jakimowski
Turn it Loose dir Alistair Siddons
The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 Chris Weitz
2012 Dir Roland Emmerich
Up dir Pete Docter and Bob Petersen
Films by men
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Victoria Terminus dir Gerard Vandervegt
White Lightening dir Dominic Murphy
White Ribbon dir Michael Haneke
Zombieland dir Ruben Fleischer
Films by men: 108
Films by women : 17
Male/female collaborations: 6
Misogyny in Venue
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My Bloody Valentine dir Patrick Lussier
“gratuitous gore and nudity…..pleasingly
unpleasant….Special mention should be made of
the game Betsy Rue, who remains completely
naked throughout her sub plot. This is so enjoyable
that only afterwards does one realize it was
entirely superfluous”
Misogyny in Venue
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I know how many runs you scored last night dir
Stacey Edmonds and Doug Turner
despite poor reviews “you may be persuaded to
give this a go if we tell you that it features a cameo
by Miss Nude Australia, who inevitably gets an
extended shower sequence”
Misogyny in Venue
An Education dir Lone Scherfig
Based on Lynn Barber’s memoirs
gets a hostile review in Venue.
Barber is “Pretty insufferable in a snotty, swotty,
superior, alpha female, head girl kinda way”