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top 5 movies written by women
« on: May 20, 2007, 04:37:48 PM »
how about that to complement the female directors list? i don't think it's a bad thing to highlight the accomplishments of any minority in the film-making community...  i'm not trying to imply that the world of film is some kind of monolithic thematic wasteland because most writers and directors (and editors?  and d.p.'s?) are white males.  but lists like this can get us thinking about why there is that lack of diversity, and what we might be missing in film due to that.

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Re: top 5 movies written by women
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2007, 05:54:13 PM »
how about that to complement the female directors list? i don't think it's a bad thing to highlight the accomplishments of any minority in the film-making community...  i'm not trying to imply that the world of film is some kind of monolithic thematic wasteland because most writers and directors (and editors?  and d.p.'s?) are white males.  but lists like this can get us thinking about why there is that lack of diversity, and what we might be missing in film due to that.



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Re: top 5 movies written by women
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Re: top 5 movies written by women
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2007, 06:01:21 PM »
Does it count if a woman was the co-writer?

You can get a pretty good Top 5 just with Leigh Brackett's work:

5. Hatari!
4. Rio Bravo/El Dorado
3. The Long Goodbye
2. The Empire Strikes Back
1. The Big Sleep
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Re: top 5 movies written by women
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2007, 10:17:34 AM »
Looking For Alibrandi.  The original novel was written by a woman, Melina Marchetta, and she wrote the screenplay for the film as well, which was directed by a woman (Kate Woods).

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Re: top 5 movies written by women
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2007, 12:38:24 AM »
It's late, so I'll give a top five when I feel like researching, but how about Hiroshima, mon amour.
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