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WOMEN IN CINEMA
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Screened as part of Cannes Classics and met with uproarious applause at several points – particularly after its rousing opening scenes, before the title card was even up – this captivating, in-depth documentary extols the art of movie sound design and its unseen artisans. Director Midge Costin (a feature film sound editor for over 25 years) and her crew of predominantly female film practitioners draw together interviews with an extraordinary line-up of filmmakers, editors and sound specialists to show the viewer just how crucial, and yet virtually ‘invisible’, the craft of sound design is to the movies we love. Far from being of interest only to a niche audience of soundies and composers, Making Waves is essential viewing for anyone interested in how the magic of film casts its spell, frequently without our even noticing. Demonstrating the effect of sound design and musical score using key scenes from movies we thought we knew inside out (including an illuminating dissection of Apocalypse Now [p15]), Costin opens our ears to this subtlest of art forms. Revered luminaries including the legendary editor Walter Murch, directors Ryan Coogler, Barbra Streisand and George
Director: Midge Costin USA 2019 | 94 mins Producers: Bobette Buster, Karen Johnson, Midge Costin Screenplay: Bobette Buster Photography: Sandra Chandler Editor: David J. Turner Music: Allyson Newman With: Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Gary Rydstrom, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Ryan Coogler, Sofia Coppola Festivals: Tribeca, Cannes (Cannes Classics) 2019
Lucas, and a surprisingly genderbalanced bevy of working sound designers and editors walk us through this exhilarating master class. Ever wondered how Chewbacca got his voice? — Sarah Watt “An erudite and impassioned documentary that does its damndest to prove that we experience movies with our ears as much as we do with our eyes – perhaps even more so.” — David Ehrlich, IndieWire
“Costin’s film underlines just how crucial is sound to our experience of cinema. Fascinating and informative, it’s a ‘must-watch’ for film students and fans alike.” — Wendy Ide, Screendaily
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This Changes Everything First there was #MeToo, then there was #TimesUp. The last few years have been touted as a reckoning for the film industry, with women pushing back against substandard and discriminatory behaviour. This timely, straight-talking documentary – made by a male director committed to highlighting and disrupting the male gender bias – goes beyond the hashtag movements to remind us that the fight is nothing new and the struggle for parity is far from over. And the fight can’t be fought by women alone. “[Partnering] with The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media… the film… paints an impressively full picture of how Hollywood’s gender imbalance is sustained and also how it reverberates throughout the culture. Davis herself serves as an Executive Producer… Meryl Streep, Yara Shahidi, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Tiffany Haddish, Sandra Oh, and Tracee Ellis Ross all… [go] on record with their dissatisfaction, and it’s powerful in and of itself to watch them say… that this is not OK. Their stories are juxtaposed against that of the Original Six – a group of women directors who gathered and circulated evidence of gender discrimination at major movie studios in the 80s.” — Sage Young, Bustle
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Director: Tom Donahue USA 2018 | 97 mins Producers: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue Photography: Stefano Ferrari Editor: Jasmin Way Music: Leigh Roberts With: Geena Davis, Meryl Streep. Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Yara Shahidi, Chloë Grace Moretz, Amandla Stenberg, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Jessica Chastain, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson Festivals: Toronto 2018
“This Changes Everything connects the many gender-inequality dots corroding Hollywood – including problematic hiring practices, wage gaps, the representation of women onscreen, and the treatment of women offscreen. Experts deliver stone-cold statistics, little-known Hollywoodhistory footnotes, and eventually clearcut steps every man and woman can take to become an agent of change.” — Julie Miller, Vanity Fair
“We had one Oscar, a Fulbright, and two Emmys; but what we realised we were missing was a penis.” — the Original Six A A A B
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