Women Screenwriters Today: Their Lives and Words
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0275985423 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Recommended. It may fail to address the larger questions, but McCreadie's accessible survey is littered with insightful interviews, stories and anecdotes which allow the small number of women screenwriters to record their experiences of the industry. Some of the women she talked to are independent filmmakers; others are longtime denizens of the studio system. McCreadie interviewed a wide variety of women in the fields of cinema and television, from beginners to seasoned professionals, and got the inside story on what working in the rough-and-tumble world of Hollywo
Barbara Bell said A pleasure to read. Witty, insightful, and gutsy from the first line to the last, Marsha McCreadie's bird's-eye view, "Women Screenwriters Today, Their Lives and Words," is a must-read for female writers of any ilk. An amalgamation of interviews, commentary, and history, McCreadie focuses on these women's works, their process, and their experiences breaking into the male-dominated film "business" (or, as McCreadie points out, "art" if you happen to be from a country that actually supports art and film, i.e. those "little" countries like Canada, France, and Australia). I enjoyed McCreadie's multi-layered investigation into women's vs. men's storie. More than just profiles Fred DuBose As an American male, I developed an interest in the work of women filmmakers when I lived in Sydney and became something of an Aussie film booster. Gillian Armstrong and Jane Campion more than held their own against the Weirs and Schepisis as their early movies were released.Two weeks ago, an aspiring screenwriter gave me Women Screenwriters Today, thinking I would enjoy it. And right she was-so much so that I bought copies for two friends. The author's choice of subjects is spot-on, her prose is eminently readable, and the personal histories are intriguing. Better still, the tips for novice screenwriters are worth their weigh. "Women's unique niche in the arts" according to Evebpacker. "Marsha McCreadie 'gets' what it means to be female, and achieve some uniqueniche in the arts/or any realm of success in our contemporary u.s.a.; she manages toeducate and entertain, her research solid, and her manner of expression deft,informative, and entertaining"-- Eve Packer, poet/performer/nyc
Marsha McCreadie has written about women and film throughout her career as a professor at Rutgers University and as a film critic at the Arizona Republic. She has published numerous reviews and essays for such publications as Films in Review, American Film, Premiere, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times, and is the author of three books on women and film, one of which, Women on Film: The Critical Eye, won the Dartmouth College Award for Best Dr
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.. Marsha McCreadie examines how this female sensibility has been defined and questions whether, in fact, it exists at all. Whether or not women actually write differently from men and about different topics, the author's unique approachworking with and through the words and lives of the women screenwriters themselvesallows 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. McCreadie examines how this female sensibility has been defined and whether, in fact, it exists at all. 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. Working through these contradictions, Marsha McCreadie takes a captivating look at the words and lives of women screenwriters, allowing readers a