The question of whether women write from a unique perspective has
been debated since the silent era. McCreadie examines how this
female sensibility has been defined and whether, in fact, it exists
at all. Such films as Lost in Translation and Monster suggest that
women screenwriters are moving in a new direction, heading away
from the big-budget action movies that dominate Hollywood today.
But action-driven genre films, like the thrillers of Alexandra
Seros, seem to belie the perception that women write films that are
more dialogue- and character-driven than those of male
screenwriters. Whether or not women actually write differently from
men and about different topics, the author's unique
approach—working with and through the words and lives of the
women screenwriters themselves—allows both readers and writers an
otherwise unattainable look into the ever-growing and ever more
essential world of women in Hollywood. Over the course of cinematic
history, women screenwriters have played an essential role in the
creation of the films we watch. The question of whether women write
from a unique perspective has been debated since the silent era.
Marsha McCreadie examines how this female sensibility has been
defined and questions whether, in fact, it exists at all. The
emergence of such films as Lost in Translation and Monster would
seem to suggest that women screenwriters are moving in a new
direction, heading away from the big-budget action movies that
dominate Hollywood today. But there can always be found an
Alexandra Seros, for instance, whose thrillers would seem to prove
the opposite case. Working through these contradictions, Marsha
McCreadie takes a captivating look at the words and lives of women
screenwriters, allowing readers an otherwise unattainable look into
the ever-growing and ever more essential world of women in film.
Readers interested in film and women's studies will especially
enjoy reading Marsha McCreadie's discussions of such films as
Little Women, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Piano, Pollock, and
Under the Tuscan Sun. Interviews with major women players in the
movie business, including Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) and
Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility), allow readers a unique
chance to learn firsthand how women are trying to enter the
business, how they pursue and approach the topics they love, and
how they have managed to survive and prosper in the unforgiving
world of modern cinema. By talking with writers working in
Hollywood, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, Marsha McCreadie
provides film fans with an international perspective on the
increasingly global film industry.
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