The lighter side of feminism: an interview with Marlene Gorris.
Cineaste › Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, January 1996
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Marlene Gorris's previous works were serious and heavily militant portrayals of women who were breaking the mold set by men. With her latest film, 'Antonia's Line,' she has left the dark side of feminism and portrayed the lighter side of relationships between men and women. Ingmar Bergman is often cited in critiques of her works although she claims she has not consciously taken him as a role model. In 'Antonia,' Fellini is evoked because of the Italian touch she gave it. The film was jointly funded by Belgium, England and Holland.
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The lighter side of feminism: an interview with Marlene Gorris.
Dutch writer-director Marlene Gorris made a lasting impact on feminist filmmaking with her first film, A Question of Silence (1982). Three women, strangers to one another, are arrested for brutally murdering the male proprietor of a women's clothing shop. Pending trial, the court assigns a woman psychiatrist to assess the defendants' mental states. Her probing reveals a pervasive climate of demeaning sexism not only in the defendants' lives but also in her own - perhaps not a justification for murder, but certainly the precondition for the silent rage that impelled it. She throws the trial into turmoil by asserting the murderers' sanity.
At once tendentious and ambiguous, A Question of Silence marked an unsurpassed level of militancy in an era of feminist filmmaking that included works by Helke Sander, C...See the full content of this document
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