80 Years of Women in Film |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 1:02 pm |
| Tags: 80 years of women in film, 80yearsofwomeninfilm, cinematical, film, movie |
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Filed under: Images, Cinematical IndieHere's a lovely way to kick off your Wednesday. Anne Thompson linked to this a couple days ago on her Thompson on Hollywood blog, but I just now got around to checking it out ... it's a nice little video montage featuring 80 years of women in film, from Marlene Dietrich to Gwyneth Paltrow, with each successive face morphing into the next. It's very well done, and a lovely tribute to some amazing actresses.Some commenters on Various and Sundry, which posted the older version of the video, noted that there were no women of color among the 75 or so actresses included. Some commenters pointed out that many of these stars are "glamour" stars, old Hollywood starlets, from a time when women of color were not stars; others have noted that it would have been nice to have at least included more modern women of color, i.e., Halle Berry and Salma Hayek, which would have been interesting both from a morphing standpoint and from the perspective of illustrating [ Full article ] |
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