Projections 13 : Women Filmmakers on Filmmaking

by Edited by Isabella Weibrecht and John Boorman

• ISBN13: 9780571220472
• ISBN10: 0571220479
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-01-12
• Publisher: Faber & Faber

Summary

This edition of Projections brings together women working right across the spectrum of film-making today, through a collection of interviews, conversations and articles. There are contributions from actresses (Frances McDormand, Emily Mortimer, Anna Karina) and from directors: Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon), Katia Lund (City of God) and Susanne Bier (Open Hearts). There is a diary by Rebecca Miller about the making of her Sundance award-winning Personal Velocity; another Sundance winner, Tadpole, is discussed by its writer, Heather McGowan; there's an article by Allison Anders on one of the great films of the silent era, Linda, by Mrs Wallace Reed; a piece on Jean Renoir by the late and legendary critic Pauline Kael; and independent producer Rosa Bosch talks to legal genius Libby Savill. Also represented are women working in the oft-unsung divisions of film production, distribution and exhibition. Deeper into this Projections are diverse contributions from: Ingmar Bergman, reflecting on his own films as well as those of his favourite film-makers; the writing/directing duo of the award-winning British film, Lawless Heart; the brilliant young American director, David Gordon Green, and George Cukor's set designer, Gene Allen.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
John Boorman
Introduction	ix
Isabella Weibrecht
WOMEN FILM-MAKERS ON FILM-MAKING
Talking About Women: A conversation between Frances McDormand, Lisa Cholodenko and Emily Mortimer	3	(24)
Anna Karina interviewed by Graham Fuller	27	(12)
On Writing Tadpole: Heather McGowan interviewed by Tod Lippy	39	(12)
Making Personal Velocity: A diary by Rebecca Miller	51	(25)
Katia Lund on City of God, interviewed by Isabella Weibrecht	76	(9)
Linda, by Allison Anders	85	(11)
Susanne Bier interviewed by Jason Wood	96	(11)
That Rushing Current: Pauline Kael on Jean Renoir, introduced by Michael Almereyda	107	(22)
Misc. Crew: Libby Savill, Lawyer, interviewed by Rosa Bosch	129	(10)
Ramona Sanchez interviewed by Matthew Sweet	139	(7)
Denise Breton interviewed by David Thompson	146	(15)
Clare Binns, Film Programmer, interviewed by Jason Wood	161	(11)
DIVERSE OTHERS ON FILM-MAKING
Carrying Out a Good Piece of Craftmanship: Ingmar Bergman interviewed by Jan Aghed, translated by Charles Drazin	172	(15)
Lawless Hearts: Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger interviewed by Ryan Gilbey	187	(18)
Offering Something Authentic: David Gordon Green interviewed by Jason Wood	205	(9)
Designing Cukor: Gene Allen interviewed by Phillip Williams	214	(38)
IN MEMORIAM
Katrin Cartlidge, by Mike Leigh	252	(7)
Conrad Hall, by John Boorman	259	(4)
The Rebel Inside: Gavin Lambert remembers Karel Reisz	263	(8)
Acknowledgements	271