tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post2273627524100547691..comments2024-02-16T10:27:42.320-08:00Comments on Krell Laboratories: Mubi RouletteVulnavia Morbiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-46645179009219290392011-01-28T15:28:39.818-08:002011-01-28T15:28:39.818-08:00I think it is a product of women's status in s...I think it is a product of women's status in society. Women teach women how to be women, if that makes sense. In Jr. High, the most severe bullying I encountered was from other girls and women vehemently warn about working for female bosses. And the reason women love high heels and dress certain ways is often to be noticed or accepted by other women, not to attract men. <br /> <br />In a perfect world, women would help other women, but sadly the opposite is what occurs. And it is this reason that I have very few girl friends. I don't trust them and find men easier to be around. <br /><br />And my current four favorites: Letters From Iwo Jima, Raspberry Reich, Tokyo Story, & Witness.DeAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200742286951395986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-11179650938925108972011-01-27T11:25:05.352-08:002011-01-27T11:25:05.352-08:00Hah! It's not an accident that the banner grap...Hah! It's not an accident that the banner graphic on my profile over there is from <i>In the Mood for Love</i>. So I'm down with Wong Kar Wai. <br /><br />I was having an argument a couple of days ago with someone who suggested that because there are no comparable female directors to Kubrick, Hawks, Hitchcock, etc, that ipso facto, women weren't <i>capable</i> of forging those kinds of careers. Which, of course, is complete bullshit. I'll take Agnes Varda over Godard or Truffaut any day of the week, thanks. But I see your point about women being harder on women. There's a lot of internalized misogyny in some of the films I see by women, though I wonder if that's just a byproduct of raging against a rigged system. Not sure. <br /><br />Interesting quartet of films, by the way. As random as mine.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-61168873784024199002011-01-27T11:16:58.312-08:002011-01-27T11:16:58.312-08:00"Note to self: watch more deliriously subtle ..."Note to self: watch more deliriously subtle surreal romantic movies."<br /><br />Hmmm, I think this describes my favorite movies ever! Arichapong Weerasethakul immediately comes to mind, but perhaps also Wong Kar-Wai and Guy Maddin get partial credit. <br /><br />I love visiting my mubi page and should spend some serious time on the boards there, because the conversations are pretty damn smart. Like you, I don't have a single female director listed in my auteurs. But I don't think I tend to like movies made by women. I guess I'm a movie misogynist. I should probably add Andrea Arnold as her movies are the only female directed ones on my ever growing list of "favorites" at mubi. But with cinema, I've made a point for years to see the films that are by women and comment on women and have decided that they may be more harsh to female characters than the boys are. So I'm preferring the more loving treatment of women in cinema by men that worship women (Tarantino, Ozon, Almodovar) then those that are more critical of women's place in culture (Campion). <br /><br />My four representative favorites right now are Down By Law, Memento, Blow-Up and The Company. I haven't a clue what that says about me.DeAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200742286951395986noreply@blogger.com