She speaks candidly about the way she’s been depicted on screen, how she and many others thought the revolutionary “Thelma & Louise” would “change everything” (hence the title) back in 1991, and the research she’s done on the portrayal of women in children’s programming through her Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Geena Davis-who’s also an executive producer here-bridges these two perspectives.
#Cine tracer choppy movie#
Brenda Chapman explains her thinking in conceiving Pixar’s “ Brave”: “ I purposely went for a princess so I could throw the princess thing on its head.” (But then the movie weirdly fails to follow up with the fact that Chapman was forced to share directing credit with Mark Andrews once “Brave” came out, rather than serving as the first woman to direct a Pixar feature.) And Julie Dash eloquently expresses one of the many reasons it matters to have a woman at the helm: “Our camera placement is different because our gaze is different.”' Kimberly Peirce talks about how it took her nine years to make her second feature after her critically acclaimed debut, “Boys Don’t Cry,” which earned Hilary Swank a best-actress Oscar. Sandra Oh speaks movingly about the importance of seeing actresses who looked like her for the first time in “ The Joy Luck Club.” And Tiffany Haddish-totally unsurprisingly-gets the biggest laughs of all when she recalls the thrill of seeing Diahann Carroll stride into a room and start a catfight with Joan Collins on “Dynasty.”īehind the scenes, “This Changes Everything” offers several nuggets that are both illuminating and infuriating. Henson revel in revealing how they’ll take an empty, clichéd girlfriend part, then twist it and tweak it into a character who’s far more interesting. Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain, Meryl Streep, Rashida Jones, Natalie Portman, Tracee Ellis Ross and many, many more actresses talk passionately and persuasively about the need to kick the door open and tell women’s stories in ways that are real and rich.
The film is at its best when it gives the smart, talented, diverse collection of women the opportunity to tell their stories, relive their battles and share their feelings. “This Changes Everything” encompasses a massive subject from a variety of angles in a brief amount of time, and the results can feel a bit choppy. military in treating mental health issues, and “Guest of Cindy Sherman.” Those are pretty specific topics. The credits mention that 75 percent of the crew working on the film was female, but it sort of seems like a no-brainer to have a woman direct the movie about the fact that women don’t direct enough movies.ĭonahue is a longtime documentarian whose work includes “ Thank You for Your Service,” about how the government has failed the U.S. The cinematographer, Stefano Ferrari, also is a man. One of the film’s main, salient points is that it isn’t all that hard to find gifted, visionary women to direct, and that the powers that be-agents, studio executives, producers, etc.-simply haven’t bothered to look for far too long. Which is why it’s so jarring and even bizarre that once the credits roll, the first words we see are: Directed by Tom Donahue.
Just recently, we learned that Andrea Arnold’s work directing “ Big Little Lies” season two reportedly was altered significantly to fit the style of season one director Jean-Marc Vallée. It couldn’t be timelier, and its simmering feeling of frustration is palpable. “This Changes Everything” tries to get its arms around a lot, from appalling anecdotes of abhorrent behavior to deep historical context from the silent era to the modern-day repercussions of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.
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