perfect sense , formerly known as the last word , is a 2011 science fiction drama film directed by david mackenzie and written by kim fupz aakeson , starring eva green and ewan mcgregor .

scenes were shot in various locations around glasgow , mexico city and kenya .

the film premiered at the 2011 sundance film festival .

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perfect sense <EOT> fans in the uk can watch perfect sense on bbc 2 tomorrow at 10 . 45pm . a perfect saturday night in :

this is not to say that " perfect sense " has no charm because it does . it ' s just that it ' s hard to make perfect sense of what director david mackenzie had in mind .

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the problem with perfect sense is its inability to be effective as either a character - based love story or something larger and more bold .

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perfect sense shines best outside of the bedroom , in sequences that show the human race adjusting to tragedy after tragedy . people learn sign language , dump more spice in their food . but sense is tied to memory in a deep and knotty way — and losing one , as the narrator intones over images of sunsets and tears , means losing access to the other .

bbcfilms perfect sense clips , trailers , synopsis , news and views . susan is a scientist . michael is a chef . he takes a break from the kitchen heat in the alleyway below her apartment ; she smokes a cigarette at the win . . .

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movie reviews - ' perfect sense ' - stripped of sensation , a world crumbles ewan mcgregor and eva green cling to each other and their crumbling world as humanity quite literally loses its senses . critic andrew lapin says the apocalyptic romance misses some key notes — but captures one critical element of our humanity .

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this is the irreversible ailment that soon envelops the entire world in perfect sense — and after smell has been purged from existence , the other sensations soon follow . the loss of each one is predicated by a strong , often violent seizure of emotion , from sorrow to hunger to anger , like a bell - peal of chemicals ringing through the brain .

with its relentlessly serious tone and a rigorous commitment to showcasing how two people are affected by a worldwide crisis , david mackenzie’s global - pandemic thriller / romantic drama perfect sense plays like an extended twilight zone episode . this is meant both as a compliment and a criticism . the movie stars eva green as an epidemiologist named susan , . . . read more

a solemn sci - fi parable set in present - day glasgow , whose deepening sense of foreboding is sustained by the enigmatic , pseudo - biblical reflections of an unseen narrator .

blending apocalyptic elements from “blindness” and “children of men” with a love story that never catches fire , “perfect sense” is a perfectly insipid sci - fi romance . though its attempt to evoke the endtimes in a glancing , impressionistic , budget - restricted manner is admirable in theory , director david mackenzie’s second collaboration with ewan mcgregor ( following 2003’s “young adam” ) tritely [ … ]

though perfect sense continually , wrongly insists that susan and michael ' s defeatist romance is the real story , the film does one thing very well . it creates , with every transmitter that shuts down , a heightened awareness of what it means to exist as a human — to smell , taste , hear , see and touch the planet ' s wonders with a wide - open mind .

falling in love isn ' t the easiest thing in the world , especially when that world is coming apart at the seams . but that ' s exactly the situation that faces ewan mcgregor and eva green in director david mackenzie ' s ( " spread " ) new romantic thriller " perfect sense , " premiering at the sundance film festival later this week . check out the exclusive trailer premiere below .

if you have any interest in going to see this film , then you probably shouldn ' t read this review . at least not yet . wait until you ' ve seen it first , as there ' s no way i can avoid dissecting the movie in detail on here . perfect sense is not a simple or superficial story , and it ' d be inappropriate of me to discuss it in those terms .

people around the world progressively lose their senses of smell , taste , hearing and , finally , sight . too bad the filmmakers never seem to have had a sense of humor in the first place .

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while the big mainstream pandemic movies focus on the attempts of government officials to ward off catastrophe , the art - house variety takes its cue from albert camus’ the plague , concentrating on the victims , their panic or resilience , stabs of violence or passive acceptance . what’s unusual about the sometimes screwy but mostly smart and always heartfelt perfect sense — which opens fri . in new york city and is already available at home on video on demand — is its search for a middle ground .

and perfect sense ' s reach doesn ' t exceed its grasp . thanks to great work from all involved , it is moving , profound , affecting and thought - provoking . i expect you ' ll anticipate the denouement before it happens , but that shouldn ' t serve to make it any less poignant . personally , my left leg was shaking , while a few rows in front of me , there was a woman who almost stood up , as she struggled to contain her ardour .

how could the great plague begin ? perhaps with the loss of one of the five senses . start with smell — not an essential sense , until you think of the sensations triggered by the olfactory function . a poignant synesthesia attends the whiff of a rose , or coffee , or sea air , or the perfume of a passing woman . a hospital corridor . a cigarette kiss . fresh bedsheets , or dirty ones . the scent of roast beef as it cooks succulently in the next room , or as it starts to burn . “cinnamon might have reminded you of your grandmother’s apron , ” says the narrator of perfect sense . “without smell , an ocean of images disappears . ” our collective memory is instantly and cruelly impoverished .

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blending apocalyptic elements from “blindness” and “children of men” with a love story that never catches fire , “ perfect sense ” is a perfectly insipid sci - fi romance . though its attempt to evoke the endtimes in a glancing , impressionistic , budget - restricted manner is admirable in theory , director david mackenzie ’s second collaboration with ewan mcgregor ( following 2003’s “young adam” ) tritely tosses together two indifferently conceived characters against a backdrop of global panic that generates no urgency . ifc acquired u . s . rights at sundance , where the film’s muted reception suggests a foretaste of mass - audience indifference to come .

a strange disease has afflicted the earth , depriving people of their sense of smell and taste , initially , then spreading further . at this time a chef , michael ( played by ewan mcgregor ) , and a scientist , susan ( played by eva green ) , start a relationship .

but this is , at heart , a love story , a parable of people who desire life too much to surrender to encroaching infirmities . they are a more sensible version of monty python and the holy grail ’s black knight , who loses all his limbs in battle and cries out to the departing king arthur , “come back here and take what’s coming to you ! i’ll bite your legs off ! ” except there’s no daft belligerence in michael and susan’s response to the plague . in staying together as their world evaporates into darkness and silence , they are displaying what anyone in love would recognize as quiet heroism — and perfect sense .

perfect sense , directed with intense intimacy by david mackenzie , is the latest in a veritable epidemic of apocalyptic movies : 28 days later and 28 weeks later , blindness , melancholia , and their american cousins take shelter and another earth , have joined mainstream hollywood films like outbreak , 2012 and contagion for the biggest surge of end of the world - anxiety movies since the onset of the cold war produced a mushroom cloud of science - fiction paranoia . instead of the pod people stealing your identity as you sleep , as in the 1956 invasion of the body snatchers , here it’s a mysterious agent , never identified , that robs you of your senses , one at a time .

an odd epidemic appears across the globe : people suddenly lose one of their senses . at first , it ' s an outbreak of loss of smell . it ' s often presaged by a destructive temper tantrum . in this mix are a scientist and a chef - she ' s susan , one of a team trying to understand the epidemic ; he ' s michael , charming and engaging . susan and michael begin a relationship in the middle of increasing chaos , as the loss of other senses plagues more people and as civil authorities try to maintain order . susan ' s voice - over reflections provide insight . is love possible in such a changed world ? can anything make perfect sense ?

in glasgow , susan , an epidemiologist , is asked by her colleague , stephen montgomery , to investigate the case of a just released hospital patient who , on his way home , inexplicably lost his sense of smell . stephen is aware of many similar cases in great britain and western europe reported in the past twenty - four hours . the initial findings by susan and her team is that there is no contagion , such as a virus , which has caused the problem , and as such there is no reason for panic or reporting such to the public in general . susan becomes emotionally invested in the case when she too loses her sense of smell . susan working on this case coincides with her meeting michael , the executive chef at the upscale restaurant which her flat overlooks . michael is open about his interest in her , despite the baggage that he carries coming out of the nature of how his last relationship ended . she is initially cautious , as she has not had a good history in choosing men . but as subsequently more people on more of a global scale lose their sense of taste and then sense of hearing , each preceded by a similarly global emotional trauma , the focus for susan and by association michael turns from the cause of the loss of the senses in the population in general and what seems to be the inevitable loss of the remaining senses , both of who are among the afflicted , to how it will affect their lives , especially how they will relate to each other as people as the two of them begin to fall in love with each other .

with a 24 / 7 news cycle — where everything is discussed at length in print , on audio and video or on social media — sleepers , in the traditional sense , are harder than ever to find . instead , one has to either be vigilant on the waiver wire , pouncing on players that could be put in opportunities to flourish , or anticipate their upcoming production and snag them in the draft’s later rounds .

when the plague comes , each sense loss is accompanied by strange symptoms — uncontrollable grief , ravenous hunger , sudden rage — that might have been devised by a sadistic acting coach as exercises for his students . the sight of susan sobbing , or a woman devouring her lipstick tube , or michael trashing an apartment make for unpersuasive acting and uncomfortable viewing ; the movie briefly , serially , goes as mad as the disease’s most virulently affected victims .

food , and specifically the expensive food michael ' s establishment makes , plays a rather large role in the film ' s proceedings , as gourmet gatekeepers rage against the dying of the light . framing a global tragedy around life ' s finer things ( " but what will happen to all the restaurants ? " ) leaves a bad taste , but it also creates at least one inventive bit : a food critic who raves about color , temperature and texture instead of flavor . apparently it is still possible to critique when one lacks sense .

and susan , in her job as an epidemiologist , is right at the center of it all . when a truck driver in glasgow experiences a sudden inexplicable crying fit and subsequently loses his sense of smell , susan learns that more than 100 other people across europe have been stricken in similar fashion . as more and more people around the globe begin to suffer these strange symptoms that first attack their emotions and then their symptoms , susan and michael are forced to try and weather the storm and find out how the human race might cope with such a pandemic .

each time a sense is lost , there is a harbinger that precedes it . first , people are overcome with grief . then , crippling terror . unadulterated rage comes next . before finally , the human race feels an uplifting shot of bliss . director , david mackenzie does a good job of making these sequences work as - like the whole film - they could have descended into farcical territory . it ' s not easy depicting people behaving with emotional abandon . the fact that there were a few nervous chuckles in the screening i was at proved this . as people , we condition ourselves to be restrained , and always in control .

with the senses of smell and taste having abandoned the public , business is understandably slow at the restaurant where michael ( ewan mcgregor ) works as a chef . michael is a handsome rake with commitment issues ; susan is a tetchy scientist with a broken heart . after a tart meet - cute , the two become lovers , and each sensory deprivation seems merely to intensify their mutual need . the less they can smell , taste or hear , the more they turn to each other for solace and distraction , as shown in fairly candid sex scenes performed by two lead actors who have never had qualms about onscreen nudity . ( exactly what michael and susan plan to do once they lose the sense of touch is never addressed . )

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when susan ( eva green ) , an epidemiologist , reemerges from an affair gone sour , she encounters a peculiar patientâ€”a glasgow truck driver who experienced a sudden , uncontrollable crying fit . now he is calm , but he has lost his sense of smell . susan learns there are 11 cases like him in glasgow , 7 in aberdeen , 5 in dundee , and 18 in edinburgh . in fact , great britain has 100 cases , with additional ones reported in france , belgium , italy , and spain , and they all appeared in the last 24 hours . although susan ' s encounter with michael ( ewan mcgregor ) , a local restaurant chef , holds the promise of new love , the world is about to change dramatically . people across the globe begin to suffer strange symptoms , affecting the emotions , then the senses .

i won ' t spend a lot on the synopsis since most have already explained it . simply put , this movie is a story of two people who fall in love just as an epidemic spreads across the world ridding people of their five senses , one by one . personally , i loved the film ! it is a beautiful film to look at , even in the most devastating of scenes . i felt multiple emotions throughout the film , of which i felt the movie accomplished well . there are scenes that may make you laugh , scenes that may make you feel tense , scenes that may make you shed some tears , scenes that may make you feel more appreciative of what you have in life . now like i said in the title of this review this film is not for everyone . some will find it silly or weird such as the symptoms that precede the loss of each sense ( an example includes a massive consumption of everything in sight , from flowers to lipstick to a whole can of mustard ) . some may also feel the movie is too optimistic in an end - of - the - world - scenario . you will either go with the film or you won ' t . i went with it and was thoroughly moved . i ' ve read multiple reviews on this film , and it seems that many people take different things away from it . that is what i think makes a great film , when people are left to discuss after the credits roll . this is definitely one of my most favorites films in a while , and i wouldn ' t hesitate to watch it again .

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a hit at sundance ' 11 and winner of the ediburgh film festival ' s prize for best new british feature , the amazing genre creation directed by david mackenzie stars eva green and ewan mcgregor as witnesses to the end of the world - - strangers who form a desperate romantic connection in the face of an apocalyptic epidemic of sensory loss . - - ( c ) ifc

each deprivation is preceded by a flurry of emotion that leads to the film ' s most vivid sequences .

it ' s difficult to impart feelings of profound sadness with an image of ewan mcgregor shoving a stick of butter in his mouth .

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this film from david mackenzie is such a curiously inert experience that never satisfies as a romance , a sci - fi drama or as a social parable .

a rare cinematic trip to edinburgh is rewarded in this sci - fi tale of the end times that refeshingly offers a different spin on the proceedings : we lose our senses quite literally , and each , one at a time . tying this all together is a love story of two wary and cynical career professionals who grudgingly take the plunge initially , but later discover their inherent need to unite . mainly good stuff .

this was a very interesting way of presenting an end - of - the - world scenario . i definitely appreciated the performances by mcgregor and green . i suppose those who did not like it simply did not get the message it tries to send .

then there ' s the other movement . . . farmers going out to milk their cows . . . soldiers reporting for duty . those who believe that life will go on somehow . . . or just don ' t know what else to do . people prepare for the worst . . . but hope for the best . they concentrate on the things that are important to them . all the things beyond fat and flour .

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green plays susan , an epidemiologist recently out of a relationship gone sour ; mcgregor is michael , the charismatic chef who sweeps susan off her feet and shows her that not all guys are a - holes . sounds swell , right ? and it would be . . . except for one tiny problem : at the same time susan and michael are falling for each other , a global pandemic is threatening to change the face of humanity forever .

judging by the trailer , it doesn ' t look like susan and michael are going to remain symptom - free throughout the film , so it ' ll be interesting to see how or if they - - and humankind - - can survive the loss of emotional and sensory control .

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a chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions .

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when stephen is talking to susan and the virologist near the beginning of the film , a doctor can be seen running down the stairs behind him towards the floor below . the camera cuts away and then back to stephen , showing the doctor running back down the stairs again , then after a second cut back , he vanishes .

] there was darkness . there is light . there are men and women . there ' s food . there are restaurants . disease . there ' s work . traffic . the days as we know them , the world as we imagine the world .

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a chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions . coming to theatres on 2011 starring : ewan mcgregor , eva green , connie nielsen

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losing touch : eva green and ewan mcgregor are two egocentrists connecting as the world grapples with a strange plague that strips people of their five senses . neil davidson / ifc films hide caption

the afflicted party starts to grieve without warning , compelled by unseen forces to pause mid - stride and remember an entire life ' s worth of regret , lost love and missed opportunity . then , once the tears are gone , the ability to smell exits with them .

the movie , a hit at the 2011 sundance film festival , is a sensual take on the end of sensations . pathologists clambering for explanation need not apply ; director david mackenzie and screenwriter kim fupz aakeson aren ' t interested in the origins of this pandemic — no freak mutation , no oil spill , no patient zero . they instead handily employ old testament - style cosmic irony : since we have failed to properly appreciate our world , we no longer deserve to do so .

we view this swift hand of justice through the privileged , narcissistic eyes of michael the chef ( ewan mcgregor ) and susan the epidemiologist ( eva green ) , whose careers contribute more to the story than their personalities . these romantic leads , who freely admit to being " a couple of assholes " — she the icy loner with pursed lips , he the womanizer with the shoulder tattoo — are primarily in love with themselves , so the end of the world becomes all about them . when the two find each other , it ' s in a passion created less by an emotional kinship than by the encroaching despair neither would have any hope of facing alone .

yet the message becomes muddled in goofy sequences of the uncontrollable human exuberance heralding each new loss . in the feeding frenzy that signals the purging of taste , the film treats us to a gluttonous collage of characters gnawing on flowers and ripping teeth into live fish , and a singular truth becomes apparent : it ' s difficult to impart feelings of profound sadness with an image of ewan mcgregor shoving a stick of butter in his mouth .

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susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions . so important that she has given up on other things , including love – until she meets michael , a talented chef . suddenly everything starts to change .

while susan and michael are experiencing new and unforeseen depths of feeling , all around the world people are also beginning to feel strange – something is affecting the emotions .

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the movie is penned by danish scribe , kim fupz aakeson , and it shows . it ' s the kind of story that you ' d more commonly expect from the scandinavian or mediterranean stable of art - house cinema . to call it high - concept is probably an understatement . the plot has strong elements of science fiction , but is more redolent of andrei tarkovsky than h . g . wells or isaac asimov .

the story - set in present day glasgow - focuses on the romance between michael ( ewan mcgregor ) and susan ( eva green ) . michael is a head chef , and we first meet him after he has a one - night stand . as he wakes , he unceremoniously asks his companion for the night to leave - he says that he can ' t sleep when someone else is present in bed with him .

susan is an epidemiologist , who is nursing a broken heart . her stoic , cool demeanour is an unsurprising counterpoint to michael , whose workplace is next to susan ' s flat . it leads to one of the more inventive " meet - cutes " i ' ve seen for a while , particularly in an era when smoking is increasingly depicted as solecistic in society .

the laboratory where susan works leads us into the plot ; a worldwide pandemic is affecting the planet ' s denizens , causing everyone to lose their senses ( literally ) . one by one , people lose the ability to smell , taste , hear , see and touch . susan is one of many scientists who work to figure out the cause of this epidemic . but the film is not about how this has happened , but rather how people respond to such an occurrence .

in this story , agency is now a thing of the past . humanity is helpless to stop the inexorable loss of our senses . one of the major questions posed is how do people behave when we are robbed of the things we take as read ? panic spreads , and governments make cack - handed attempts to keep order . there are numerous occasions when rioting breaks out , with upturned cars , and debris littering the streets .

this is a story that sounds great in principle , but should fall apart as it progresses . there are so many ideas at work here , so many motifs in play , that preventing a tale like this from unravelling is a triumph for both mackenzie and aakeson . so much so , that i ' ve been rendered unable to convey what i feel about this film . i may have been able to process the events of the story , but at the time of writing , i ' m still working on processing the feelings it evokes , and as a result , i apologise for this post being a ham - fisted ramble . it ' s probably my own fault for writing this so soon after returning from the cinema , but i daren ' t have left it until tomorrow .

what mackenzie has achieved here reminds me in some ways of charlie kaufman ' s synecdoche , new york . both stories are sweeping in their ambition , exploring the depth of the human experience .

yes , life is hard , painful , and often a thankless struggle . but it ' s so much preferable to the alternative . and while some may find it pretentious and / or schmaltzy , david mackenzie has made a movie that contains such a beautiful and powerful sentiment , it could just be the film of 2011 .

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: “there is darkness . and there is light . there are men and there are women . there is fruit . there are restaurants . disease . there is work . traffic . ” and there is ewan mcgregor , who makes entirely too many movies and only occasionally makes an effort to speak the kind of english anyone can understand .

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the narrator is susan ( eva green ) , an epidemiologist in glasgow , who first notices the olfactory disability in a local truck driver . soon thousands in scotland , england and western europe have suffered the same loss . it hits susan , too , and michael ( ewan mcgregor ) , the attractive chef at a restaurant across the alley from her apartment . the two pursue an affair as their world begins to crumble . smell is just the first of the senses everyone loses — and quickly , too quickly . as susan notes , “they don’t even have time to give the disease a name . ”

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a scientist who has always devoted herself to her work at the expense of her personal life falls in love with a chef . their relationship develops as an epidemic sweeps the world , causing people to suffer unexplained emotional upheavals and lose their ability to smell and taste . romantic drama , starring ewan mcgregor and eva green .

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“i can’t smell anymore , ” a patient says during an appointment with glasgow - based epidemiologist susan ( eva green ) , who’s at a loss to explain why the human senses are vanishing in cycles from the british population and beyond . intense , involuntary spasms of emotion appear to be the trigger , as we see from a maudlin montage of various people worldwide , who are spontaneously overwhelmed with grief right before their olfactory nerves shut down .

their physical exertions aside , mcgregor and green struggle to breathe life into characters who are never adequately fleshed out in kim fupz aaekson’s script , and whose compatibility seems to begin and end with their physical beauty . at regular intervals , the voice of katy engels intrudes with embarrassing pseudo - poetic narration , which is intended to pay tribute to the transcendent power of love but only trivializes the idea of a worldwide pandemic and its consequences .

narrative proper is intermittently interrupted by filler sequences of third world turmoil ( a mix of archival footage and fresh imagery shot in india , mexico and kenya ) , none of which apparently requires any explanation ; the film takes it on faith that the crisis it presents would naturally result in mass violence and looting sprees . strongest technical contribution is giles nuttgens’ widescreen cinematography , which uses vibrant hues and textures to conjure lovely , isolated moments — especially in michael’s cooking sequences , which fluidly capture the bustle and momentum of a restaurant kitchen .

production : an ifc films ( in u . s . ) release of a bbc films presentation , in association with zentropa entertainments5 and scottish screen , with the participation of the danish film institute , film i vast and the irish film board , of a sigma films production . ( international sales : trust film sales , hvidovre , denmark . ) produced by gillian berrie , malte grunert . executive producers , jamie laurenson , peter aalbaek jensen , peter garde , tomas eskilsson , carole sheridan , david mackenzie . co - producers , sisse graum jorgensen , tristan orpen lynch . directed by david mackenzie . screenplay , kim fupz aaekson .

crew : camera ( color , widescreen ) , giles nuttgens ; editor , jake roberts ; music , max richter ; production designer , tom sayer ; art director , andy thomson ; costume designer , trisha biggar ; sound , barry o ' sullivan ; sound designer , douglas macdougall ; re - recording mixers , chris sinclair , iain anderson ; special effects coordinator , joanna dewar - gibb ; special effects supervisor , mike kelt ; visual effects supervisor , andreas hylander ; line producer , julia valentine ; associate producer , brian coffey ; assistant director , barrie mcculloch ; second unit director , colin kennedy ; casting , shaheen baig . reviewed at sundance film festival ( premieres ) , jan . 25 , 2010 . running time : 91 min .

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after a late night of planning , we started the day early again to finalize our preparations for integrating the all star fans in the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony . from 8am to 2 : 30pm , we manned the table in the welcome center , handing out invitations and tickets and providing instructions to the all star fans and their relationship managers .

holly was on the phone all morning ! she also made a quick trip over to the dome to check on preparations there and meet with the goc to coordinate seating and buses . she was even able to track down some official blue , white and silver staff jackets for us to wear so we would be visible while working at the reception and ceremony . jenny got to work designing and printing more signs and maps , and making a final run to the convention center to check on preparations for the pre - ceremony reception . cecily and karl worked at the table and made phone calls to relationship managers to provide them with information on the presidential meet & greet which was happening during the parade . andrew remained as busy as ever , making travel arrangements for the big group of guests arriving on opening day .

at 2 : 30 , we sprinted over to the convention center for the reception , carrying boxes of rosette pins to be handed out to the asfs . we quickly set up a table and began greeting the guests . caitlin and andrew joined us , and from there we boarded buses along with the guests to go to the dome .

upon our arrival at the dome , we cleared security and each ran to our assigned positions to guide the all star fans through the parade . we called them out of their seats in three waves , identified by gold , purple and green , and led them backstage where they met with their respective team delegations . the excitement was contagious ! it was so much fun to see the teams running and chanting through the hall . the asfs , including some celebrities such as cindy mccain , dikembe mutombo , yao ming , were just as excited as the athletes .

at the conclusion of the parade of athletes , we ran to our next assignment of escorting a select group of individual athletes from their seats to backstage for participation in the ceremony as flag bearers and torch runners . with very little preparation , caitlin and andrew jumped right in and were a tremendous help .

at the end of the ceremony we facilitated the bus transportation back to the alpensia resort . we were all completely exhausted after a long , very busy and stressful day . looking forward to the events beginning tomorrow ! we ' re planning to join the floor ball unified sports experience in the morning and hope to watch some events in the afternoon .

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indianapolis starting quarterback andrew luck has yet to throw a pass this summer and remains on the pup list . fellow quarterback ryan tannehill , running back spencer ware plus receivers julian edelman , cameron meredith and quincy enunwa all had season - ending juries , changing the fantasy cheat - sheet landscape across all formats . rookie deshone kizer was named the starting quarterback in cleveland and running back thomas rawls , not eddie lacy or c . j . prosise , is atop seattle’s depth chart .

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pretty baby is a 1978 american historical drama film directed by louis malle , and starring brooke shields , keith carradine , and susan sarandon .

the screenplay was written by polly platt .

the plot focuses on a 12-year-old prostitute in the red-light district of new orleans at the turn of the 20th century .

the title of the film is inspired by the tony jackson song , " pretty baby , " which is used in the soundtrack .

although the film was mostly praised by critics , it caused significant controversy due to its depiction of child prostitution and the nude scenes of brooke shields , who was 12 years old .

pretty baby ( 1978 film )

pretty baby ( 1978 film ) <EOT> interior scenes for louis malle’s " pretty baby " ( 1978 ) were shot at the columns hotel .

flake , carol . âpretty baby of ours . â figaro , april 5 , 1978 , pg . 25 - 27 .

music video by blondie performing ' pretty baby ' from ' parallel lines ' album . no copyright infringement intended ©1978 chrysalis records & images ©1978 paramount pictures | all rights reserved .

pretty baby is a 1978 historical fiction , dramatic film directed by louis malle . the screenplay was written by polly platt . the title is inspired by the tony jackson song , " pretty baby " , which is used in the soundtrack .

arnold , gary . âdirecting a pretty baby - the trauma and the glory . â the washington post , april 30 , 1978 , pg . 17 - 19 .

duplantier , stephen . âa modern bellocq meets âpretty babyâ . â figaro , april 12 , 1978 , pg . 25

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from jump cut , no . 19 , december 1978 , pp . copyright jump cut : a review of contemporary media , 1978 , 2005

in 1917 , in the red - light district of new orleans , they called her " pretty baby " .

pretty baby is a 1978 historical fiction drama film directed by louis malle . the screenplay was written by polly platt . the title is inspired by the tony jackson song , " pretty baby " , which is used in the soundtrack . although the film was mostly praised by critics , it was quite controversial at the time , especially for its scenes of the nude pre - teen brooke shields .

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pretty baby is a 1978 drama film . it was the american debut of french director louis malle and it was also the star making role of a child actress named brooke shields . the movie is best known for its controversial content and subject matter .

the soundtrack used many local new orleans musicians playing in the jazz , ragtime , and blues style of the city in the early 20th century . a lp album of the soundtrack , also entitled pretty baby , was issued in 1978 on abc records .

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" you will be relieved to hear that the attorney - general was able to announce in the house of commons last week that the director of public prosecutions is not to take any action against your film pretty baby " .

into law in july 1978 , and taking into account the views of the various people who had seen and considered the film , the board concluded that two minor cuts would be required before the film could be granted an x certificate . accordingly , a cuts list was sent to the film ' s distributor on 16 august 1978 . the cuts were as follows : -

kroll , jack . âalice in brothel - landâ . newsweek , april 10 , 1978 , pg . 106 .

in 1978 he directed pretty baby , the story of a 12 - year - old resident of a brothel in new orleans . his later films included the critically acclaimed atlantic city ( 1980 ) , a comedy - drama about the emotional renewal of a small - time criminal ; my dinner with andré ( 1981 ) , an unusual film consisting almost entirely…

in conjunction with its current exhibition on new orleans ' legendary storyville district , the historic new orleans collection has scheduled a free screening of the locally shot 1978 drama " pretty baby , " which is set in storyville in its heydey . it tops this week ' s listing of off - the - beaten path events on tap for local film fans .

brooke shields , left , and susan sarandon , in the new orleans - shot drama ' pretty baby , ' set in the city ' s famed storyville district . ( file image )

…involved ) brought her greater attention : pretty baby ( 1978 ) and atlantic city ( 1981 ) . in both films sarandon played women who are initially presented simply as objects of male desire but who later reveal their underlying intelligence and independence . her performance in atlantic city led to her first oscar nomination . she next…

the pretty baby of the title is named violet , and is played by brooke shields , as an extraordinarily beautiful child . before anyone had seen " pretty baby , " malle was being accused of exploiting that fact . but he ' s thoughtful and almost cautious in his approach : given the film ' s subject matter and its obligatory sex scenes , malle shows taste and restraint . and shields really creates a character here ; her subtlety and depth are astonishing .

louis malle ' s pretty baby is a pleasant surprise : after all the controversy and scandal surrounding its production , it turns out to be a good - hearted , good - looking , quietly elegiac movie .

set and filmed in new orleans , pretty baby , directed by louis malle , is a film that surrounds the unconventional love story of child prostitute violet and photographer earnest bellocq . [ 1 ] the film , set in 1917 and released in 1978 , is based on âactual denizens of the legal red light district . ” [ 2 ] inspirations for the film include historian al roseâs book about storyville and photographs of new orleans prostitutes taken by the real earnest bellocq . [ 3 ] controversy surrounded the film with accusations of âchild pornography” [ 4 ] causing unexpected censorship problems [ 5 ] and even a few instances of bans placed on the screening of the film . [ 6 ]

: violet , as well as her playmates in the brothel . she also has a baby brother , who is

a pretty , popular teenager can ' t go out on a date until her ill - tempered older sister does .

louis malle ' s controversial drama pretty baby , featuring a very young brooke shields , comes to dvd with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film . regardless of how one feels about the film ' s content , pretty baby is most assuredly a resounding visual success . the exquisite art direction , costumes , and lighting look fabulous on this disc . certainly the film has never looked this good before on home video . english and french soundtracks have been rendered in dolby digital mono . english subtitles are accessible . there are no supplemental materials of any consequence , but seeing as how malle is one of the most respected french directors of his era , this disc is worthwhile for any art film devotee .

unless indicated otherwise , the text in this article is either based on wikipedia article " pretty baby ( film ) " or another language wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the gnu free documentation license ; or on original research by jahsonic and friends . see art and popular culture ' s copyright notice .

1972 — events : 1st new york international festival of women ' s films and the women ' s event at the edinburgh film festival . publications : 1st issue of women & film magazine ; special issues devoted to women and film in take one , film library quarterly and the velvet light trap ; women ' s filmography in film comment .

susan sarandon appears in pretty baby as violetâs mother , hattie , a prostitute working in a new orleans brothel in which she births and raises a daughter . [ 22 ] during the filming of pretty baby , sarandon was intimately involved with the director , louis malle . [ 23 ] in response to harsh criticism of the film and of malleâs treatment of brooke shields , sarandon wrote a letter of protest to new york stating that much of the criticism was âa distortion of the whole situationâ and that âlouis was always considerate of brookeâs feelings . ” [ 24 ]

saperstein , sandra . âobscenity in films target of unique maryland panel ; maryland panel able to ban film ; censors have power to ban showings . â the washington post , may 30 , 1978 , pg . 11 - 13 .

in the meantime , the film was seen again at the beginning of june 1978 by members of the bbfc , as well as by members of the dpp ' s office , customs and excise , and the williams committee , who were currently looking into the whole issue of film censorship and obscenity . details of these screenings were leaked to the press , resulting in the bbfc issuing a public statement on 2 june 1978 stating : " no hasty decision will be taken by the british board of film censors on the film pretty baby , which was seen by some members of the board yesterday . the protection of children bill currently going through parliament raises new legal issues , and since it is not the role of the board to pre - empt the wishes of parliament in such matters , we shall be waiting until the bill has been passed in its final form by both houses before making our decision on the film ' s acceptability in britain " .

despite the scandalised yelps about child pornography , a film of disarmingly subversive innocence .

2 . " structuralist " and " melodrama " were the two names analyzed in papers presented by bruce jenkins and william horrigan respectively , my co - panelists at the purdue conference on film , april 1978 , where an earlier version of this paper was read .

french director louis malle has a passion for directing films that âsurround our greatest taboosâ said film critic carol flake . [ 11 ] before directing pretty baby , his first american film , [ 12 ] malle worked on films such as black moon [ 13 ] and the lovers , which generated much interest and lead to both french and american film offers . [ 14 ] malle claims that over the years his directing style has evolved from a âyoung and innocent and pretending to be toughâ to a style that is âactually tough . â [ 15 ]

an unmarried woman richly deserves its new name " projectile " as do the turning point for its barely disguised misogyny , and louis malle ' s pretty baby for its conversion of the socially retarded photographer e . j . bellocq ' s woman - identified voyeurism into a malle - identified manipulation of women .

caroline eades | louis malle’s reverse cinematography : from the ethnographic gaze to fiction film .

: my soul to take in 3d is an american horror film written and directed by wes craven . [ 3 ] the film is the first film since wes craven ' s new nightmare ( 1994 ) that he both wrote and directed . [ 4 ]

the most imaginative , most intelligent , and most original film of the year to date .

1977 — 1st issue of camera obscura ( journal of film theory founded by the dissident women & film members , initially in opposition to it ) ; publication of karyn kay and gerald peary ' s women and the cinema , first anthology of criticism on women and film .

midway through her wrenchingly beautiful film , pretty baby , brooke shields is auctioned off in a new orleans bordello . she plays a child prostitute with a disconcertingly angelic air : her toulouse - lautrec pout is sensual , ethereal , mesmerizing . yet her body—later seen naked—is a child’s , thin and gawky . “i can feel the steam , ” she whispers to her successful bidder , mimicking coquettishness , “coming through my dress . ”

louis malle ' s " pretty baby " is a pleasant surprise : after all the controversy and scandal surrounding its production , it turns out to be a good - hearted , good - looking , quietly elegiac movie . that ' s a coup for malle , who sometimes seems to dare himself to find acceptable ways of filming unacceptable subjects .

this hungarian film is a careful , compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .

although the release of pretty baby lead to many negative associations with his name , malleâs film also received much positive feedback ; film critic jack kroll called it âa civilized intelligent work by one of the worldâs most intelligent and civilized filmmakers . ” [ 16 ] in an interview with gary arnold , malle stated , âi feel that it is my function to disturb , in fact to transmit my own disturbances which is immense . i want to force people to look inside themselves even if they hate me for doing that . ” [ 17 ]

scott , jay . âsusan puts it down to luck : sarandon never planned the career most actresses would kill for . â the globe and mail ( canada ) , december 5 , 1978 , pg . 8 - 10 .

in their separate spheres , davis and crawford deal with the success of “baby jane” very differently . in real life , davis did tons of publicity for the film ( sarandon re - creates davis’s appearance on the “andy williams show” when , in a flowing , sky - blue dress , she sings a “funky” pop song called “whatever happened to baby jane ? ” ) . crawford did very little publicity , despite warner’s warnings that this could hurt her come oscars season . the reviews of “baby jane” focus mainly on davis , causing joan to toss down a newspaper in fury : “it’s like i wasn’t even in the damn thing ! ”

pretty baby is pushing brookie ( as her friends call her ) into dizzying financial brackets . she got $ 27 , 500 for three months’ work in pretty baby before teri hiked her contract to $ 62 , 500 for 12 days in the forthcoming king of the gypsies . that rose to $ 150 , 000 for this summer’s wanda nevada with peter fonda . teri recently turned down a $ 300 , 000 bid from warner brothers . “we weigh each offer , ” she says , “to see if it’s beneficial to brooke . ” the money , handled for the brooke shields co . , inc . , is being held until she’s of age . her only fee that hasn’t inflated is for babysitting—still $ 6 an evening .

as a more disturbing than revealing tract on prostitution : the film was banned in england and ontario , canada . though critics like roger ebert applauded the artfulness of malle ' s film , others , like

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the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss , ” a film by daniel peddle .

red light district : storyville where the film takes place , is the red light district of new orleans .

3 . women artists working in film continued , as before , to make avant - garde films , but these lie outside my present concerns . i am taking up only that area of intentionally feminist film activity .

is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the brooke shields and susan sarandon movie . this script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and / or viewings of pretty baby . i know , i know , i still need to get the cast names in there and i ' ll be eternally tweaking it , so if you have any corrections , feel free to

keith carradine appears in pretty baby as earnest bellocq , the man who in reality photographed storyville prostitutes , and in the film photographs hattie ( sarandon ) and becomes romantically involved with child prostitute violet ( shields ) . [ 27 ] director louis malle chose carradine for the film because of a certain âstrangeness to his face : he really has the most bizarre looking of the whole carradine family , if you observe his face closely . ” [ 28 ] screen director polly platt said of him , âheâs come a long way from playing the all american sex hero to an asexual eccentric . ” [ 29 ]

, which made it a legal requirement that all films released on video in the uk should be classified by the bbfc , it became necessary for the bbfc to consider all the vhs tapes that were already on the market . because of the scale of the task , a staggered implementation of the act was introduced , under which pretty baby would need to be assessed and classified by 1988 .

aside from pretty baby , sarandon has appeared in a multitude of films and received many awards including an academy award for her role in dead man walking and five nominations for her roles in atlantic city , thelma and louis , lorenzoâs oil , and the client . [ 25 ] although critic jay scott describes her career as âone most actresses would warm naugahyde casting couches - and slit throats - to attain , â sarandon claims that she never planned on a career as a film star . [ 26 ]

1973 — events : toronto women and film festival and season of women ' s cinema at the national film theatre in london . publications : marjorie rosen ' s popcorn venus , first book on image of women in film , and notes on women ' s cinema , bfi monograph edited by claire johnston , the first collection of feminist theory .

irréversible ( 2002 , france ) is a film written , directed , edited , and photographed by gaspar noé . it stars monica bellucci and vincent cassel . several reviewers [ who ? ] declared it one of the most disturbing and controversial films of 2002 . the film employs non - linear narrative . the music is by french electronic musician thomas bangalter , who is best known as half of the band daft punk . irréversible won the " bronze horse " award at the stockholm film festival and competed for thepalme d ' or at the 2002 cannes film festival , [ 1 ] as well as the " best foreign language award " by the film critics circle of australia . it was also voted " best foreign language film " by the san diego film critics society ( tied with les invasions barbares ) .

subsequent to the film ' s run in uk cinemas , at least outside cardiff , the film was released on vhs in 1981 . at the time , there was no requirement for videos to be vetted or classified by the bbfc and , perhaps inadvertently , the film ' s distributor released the uncut version of the film . significantly , no legal action was taken against the uncut video release under the terms of the protection of children act . following the introduction of the

. " this is a film i cared a lot about , and looking back it had the potential to be one of my best achievements . it may have been a mistake to make it as my first film in america . "

his subject this time is a twelve - year - old girl who is raised in the new orleans brothel where her mother works . she plays in the garden , she rides a pony , she likes ragtime music , and one day she ' s auctioned off to the man who will deflower her . this is , of course , tragically perverted , but " pretty baby " itself is not a perverted film : it looks soberly , and with a good deal of compassion , at its period of history and the people who occupied it .

in addition to the subject of child prostitution , some eye browes were raised because of scenes involving a 12 - year - old brooke shields appearing nude . because of this , the 109 minute film was edited down to 106 minutes in some releases . the unedited version of the film is now available on dvd , but there is controversy amongst its fans because of differences in film dimensions , leading some people to believe that the film was either incorrectly matted or the victim of false letterboxing .

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5 . nancy scholar , " maedchen in uniform ' in women & film , no . 7 , p . 71 .

due date is a 2010 american comedy road film directed by todd phillips , co - written by alan r . cohen , alan freedland , and adam sztykiel , and starring robert downey , jr . and zach galifianakis . the film was released on november 5 , 2010 . [ 3 ] the film was shot in las cruces , new mexico and atlanta , georgia .

the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .

audition ( オーディション ōdishon ? ) is a 1999 japanese horror film directed by takashi miikeand starring ryo ishibashi and eihi shiina . it is based on a ryu murakami novel of the same title . over the years , the film has developed a cult following

a film that " cries out for a director with a point of view . " he also noted the poor taste of releasing a film without any negative appraisal of child prostitution during a concurrent public discourse on the horrors of child pornography and prostitution in america .

: kurt & courtney is a 1998 documentary film by nick broomfield investigating the circumstances surrounding kurt cobain ' s death , and allegations of courtney love ' s involvement in it . the film concludes that there is not enough evidence to prove that cobain was murdered .

1974 — events : chicago films by women festival . publications : 1st issue of jump cut ; two more books on images of women in film , molly haskell ' s from reverence to rape and joan mellen ' s women and their sexuality in the new film .

herein lies the crisis facing feminist film criticism today , for after seven years of film practice and theory , no new names have come into being . we still lack our proper names . the impact of such a lack on the actual films is of immediate concern .

after “ baby jane ” wrapped , bette davis — in anticipatory panic that the film would bomb , and an equally intense panic that she would be pilloried for her broad characterization in the film — placed an ad in “variety” with the heading “situation wanted . ” the ad read , in part : “thirty years experience as an actress in motion pictures . mobile still and more affable than rumor would have it . wants steady employment in hollywood . ( has had broadway . ) references upon request . ”

as a starting point , one classic film rediscovered through women ' s film festivals indicates the sort of mis - naming prevalent in film history . leontine sagan ' s maedchen in uniform is a 1931 german film detailing the relationship between a student and her teacher in a repressive girls ' boarding school . the film has been widely received as anti - authoritarian and anti - fascist , made as it was during the rise of nazism in germany , and containing montages of prussian - like repression counterpointed to the humanism of the favorite teacher . typical of this reception was george sadoul ' s characterization of maedchen as " a sensitive and restrained attack on german militarism . " [ 4 ]

caroline eades specializes in film studies and contemporary french culture . she received her phd in film studies from the université de la sorbonne nouvelle - paris iii and has taught at the university of grenoble ( france ) , the university of southern california , and the university of california at santa barbara , before joining the university of maryland . her main fields of research are european cinema , post - colonial studies , film feminist theory , film and myth . her book le cinéma post - colonial français appeared in 2006 ( paris : collections 7eart , editions du cerf ) . she is currently working on a book on classical reception in film and a co - edited volume on the essay film . she has published numerous book - chapters and articles on french cinema , culture , and literature in international scholarly series and journals .

pretty baby , although based in the red - light district of new orleans , was filmed at the columns hotel located in the uptown area of the city at 3811 st . charles avenue . [ 7 ] the hotel , during the filming âhad been converted into a baroque hollywood version of a storyville bordello . ” [ 8 ] studio designer trevor williamâs dã©cor , indigenous pieces such as beds with mosquito nets , and victorian furniture filled the hotel for what screen director polly platt described as âsplendor without comfort . ” [ 9 ] local rumors of âbabylon coming to new orleansâ prompted production company paramount and director louis malle to develop a low key publicity strategy for the film in an attempt to avoid receiving an âxâ rating ( the film eventually was rated r ) . [ 10 ]

buried is a 2010 thriller film directed by rodrigo cortés . [ 6 ] it stars ryan reynolds . [ 7 ] it was written by chris sparling . the film revolves around iraq - based american truck driver paul conroy ( reynolds ) , who , after being attacked , finds himself buried alive in a wooden coffin , with only a lighter , flask , flashlight , knife , glowsticks and a mobile phone to help him escape before the oxygen in the coffin runs out . since its premiere at the sundance film festival , the film has received a positive critical reception .

1971 — release of growing up female , three lives , the woman ' s film , and janie ' s janie , all feminist documentaries .

12 . here i am considering only english language feminist film criticism ; there are other complex issues in french and german criticism , for example .

( 1978 ) centers on a beautiful prostitute hattie ( susan sarandon ) and her 12 - year - old " trick baby " daughter violet ( brooke shields ) . violet , who plays inside the brothel walls and counts the prostitutes as her playmates , stands on the cusp of entering her mother ' s profession . raised knowing little beyond the life of the brothel , violet can imagine nothing else , and tends to romanticize her mother ' s life , especially when a photographer , e . j . bellocq ( keith carradine ) arrives to photograph the resident ladies of the evening .

" pretty baby " has been attacked in some quarters as child porn . it ' s not . it ' s an evocation of a time and a place and a sad chapter of americana . the ragtime music and the blues that fill its sound track take on a deeper meaning , in the context of the story , and we are reminded that the artists who sang " do you know what it means to miss new orleans ? " knew very well , and perhaps for that reason missed it less than their listeners .

historian al roseâs book storyville , new orleans , is one of the main inspirations for the film pretty baby . [ 31 ] however , rose claims that the film is inaccurate and although he had been paid for the rights to the book , he was âignored . ” [ 32 ] one discrepancy in the film , rose claims , is âthe presence of both black and white prostitutes in the same bordello . ” [ 33 ] also , rose stated that louis malle âsensationalizedâ the story of child prostitute violet , which was so brief a segment in his book . [ 34 ] the book contains a short interview with the real violet in which she states , âi know itâd be good if i could say how awful it was and like crime donât pay - but to me it seems just like anything else - like a kid whose father owns a grocery store . he helps him in the store . well , my mother didnât sell groceries . ” [ 35 ]

20 . " paul mazursky interviewed by terry curtis fox " in film comment 14 , no . 2 ( marchapril l97b ) , 30 - 31 .

in 2006 , the film was resubmitted to the bbfc , in a widescreen version for dvd release , the first time it had been issued on a home viewing format since the original vhs tapes were released in 1981 . on this occasion , the film was classified 18 uncut with the bbfcinsight ' contains child prostitution theme . serious consideration was given to whether the film ' s visual discretion might warrant a downwards reclassification to 15 . however , given the difficulty of the film ' s theme and the complex manner of the theme ' s presentation , it was concluded that the existing 18 was still reasonable and defensible .

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

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he gets off lightly compared to brooke’s divorced manager mother , teri shields , 44 . “the press has referred to me as a stage mother , a frustrated actress living through brooke and even a one - woman film - wrecking crew , ” teri admits . on the set brooke is sweet ; teri is salty but clearly a favorite with the crew . she can also be meddlesome and was briefly banned from the set of pretty baby . “they can say what they want about me , ” teri explains . “but brooke can’t fight back . that’s why i’m here . i’m not a stage mother . i’m brooke’s mother . the most important thing is that i love brooke , and it’s fun to make her happy . ”

there have been two types of feminist film criticism ) [ 12 ] , motivated by different geographical and ideological contexts , each speaking in a very different voice .

9 . presented at the center for twentieth century studies ( university of wisconsin at milwaukee ) , international symposium on film theory and practical criticism , november 1975 .

first , the domestic update . wonder woman earned another $ 15 . 575 million in its fifth weekend of release , falling just 37 % despite losing over 529 theaters and despite some pretty stiff competition in the form of baby driver and despicable me 3 . of course , it helps that warner bros . / time warner inc . ' s the house pretty much crashed - and - burned , which means wonder woman is still warner ' s top priority until chris nolan ' s dunkirk on the 21st . anyway , that ' s the 15th - largest fifth weekend of all time , which isn ' t a record of any sort but still puts it in the company of jurassic world , frozen and the sixth sense among others . it ' s a bigger fifth weekend than spider - man , but not guardians of the galaxy ( which had a holiday boost ) .

certainly mazursky ' s confusion is justified , for his film is indeed being given a name that is paramountly inapplicable according to his understanding of " a woman ' s movie . " and if we wonder why all the guys are so anxious to see the film in question , the depressingly predictable answer is coming right up .

and later , praising most of the film as a successor to greed , mekas contended that the heroine ' s silence was more " revolutionary " than the murder . mekas thus made a case for the film ' s artistic merit as separate from its social context , moving the work into the area of existentialism at the expense of its feminism . amy taubin considered the film " theatrical " and , while commending the subjectivity of the camerawork and editing , she attacked the character of jeanne :

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on may 31 brooke will be 13 years old . tall for her age at 5’4″ ( her father is 67″ ) , brooke is blessed with the most stunning new child’s face in movies since elizabeth taylor . the skin is flawless ; eyes deep blue ; lashes black ; hair silken . the direct gaze is full of ambivalent sexuality . now her scandalizing role in the r - rated film has plunged the former child model into an international furor . pretty baby has been banned outright in the canadian provinces of ontario and saskatchewan . no less a moral arbiter than rona barrett solemnly advised her tv audience that the movie is “child pornography . ” others have attacked its french director louis ( lacombe , lucien ) malle as a combination of humbert humbert and roman polanski .

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these proposed cuts were put to the film ' s director , louis malle , who was very reluctant to make any changes to his film . although he agreed to make the first cut , in the bathroom scene in reel 4 , he was particularly reluctant to delete the shot showing violet lying on the sofa . for him , this was one of the key shots in the film and a direct reference to the publication , ' storyville portraits ' , whose cover image had inspired the whole project .

, would criminalise the manufacture and distribution of any ' indecent ' images of children under the age of 16 . given that the film featured not only a child prostitution theme , but also full frontal nudity involving a 12 - year - old brooke shields , it was inevitable that the board would have to scrutinise the film very carefully .

louis malle ' s drama about child prostitution in early twentieth century new orleans had already aroused controversy in the press and overseas when it was first seen by the bbfc on 28 march 1978 . however , it raised particular difficulties for the board given that it was submitted at the precise moment the protection of children bill was making its way through parliament . this bill , which became the

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another aspect of history made explicit by the chronology involves the initial cross - fertilization between the energies of the women ' s movement and cinema , which took place in the area of practice rather than written criticism . the films came first . in fact , we find two different currents feeding into film work : one made up of women who were feminists and thereby led to the other made up of those of us already working in film and led therein to feminism . it was largely the first group of women who began making the films , [ 3 ] which were naturally named " feminist " , and largely the second group of women , often in university film studies departments , who began holding the film festivals , just as naturally named simply " women and / in film . " spadework has continued in both directions , creating a new women ' s cinema and rediscovering the antecedents , with the two currents feeding our film criticism , which has drawn from both kinds of knowledge and experience for its dual - purpose discourse .

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the critical reception of the film in one paper , the soho weekly news , by three different reviewers points up the confusion engendered by linguistic inadequacy . [ 7 ] jonas mekas questioned ,

nature adores a virgin : when violet ' s virginity is auctioned off , madam nell makes sure to extol her purity . having been raised in a whorehouse , violet is actually pretty knowledgeable about sex in spite of having not done it yet . she ' s told to exaggerate her innocence because " this guy is buying a virgin " .

there is little known information on the life of photographer earnest bellocq . he lived in new orleans , photographing the prostitutes of storyville , and created a collection of photographs that were discovered after bellocqâs death in 1949 by local collector larry borenstein and then sold to photographer lee friedlander . [ 36 ] friedlander created prints of bellocqâs work , which appeared in 1978 in the museum of modern artâs exhibit âstoryville portraits . ” [ 37 ]

another name popularly applied to jeanne dielman is " ethnographic " in keeping with the film ' s insistence on real - time presentation and non - elliptical editing . again , however , the name negates a basic aspect of the film by its reference to a cinema of clinical observation , a kind of filmmaking known for its distance and non - involvement with the subject , observational rather than engaged . the film ' s very warm texture and akerman ' s clearly committed sympathies ( the jeanne dielman gestures borrowed largely from her own mother and aunt ) make the name inappropriate .

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molina has been doing wonderful work in the series , and this week he has one of his best moments , when he is overcome by a sense of shared pride at seeing joan crawford surrounded by a crowd of fans after a preview of “baby jane . ” it’s extremely vulnerable work from him . he bursts with happiness for her . ( jessica lange’s stare back at him is an intense kaleidoscope of pride , gratitude and steely self - satisfaction . ) aldrich’s career unhappiness post - ”baby jane” is evident when we see him directing a bullying and uncooperative frank sinatra ( toby huss ) in “4 for texas” and trying to assuage the fears of davis , who is baffled that the offers haven’t been pouring in .

this visually evocative tale of a child prostitue , louis malle ' s first american film , is not as strong as his next ( atlantic city ) , but susan sarandon and brooke shields are splendid .

while true enough , this anti - fascism is not as central to the film as its portrait of female eroticism , focusing attention on the erotic attachments of the students and teachers at the school and on the nature of power relations , both pure and corrupt , available to women living under patriarchy . nancy scholar , writing in women & film , reiterated the emphasis on the film ' s anti - fascism but extended that definition to include the " antiauthoritarian forces… of love and compassion represented by manuela and fraulein von b and the young girls who joined forces with them . " [ 5 ] in fact , the dynamics of maedchen are not found only in such external movements or bondings , but rather in the twin internal movements of manuela and fraulein von b toward voicing the love that dared not speak its name at film ' s start . indeed , maedchen in uniform is central to this paper ' s concerns for sagan ' s own positing of the act of naming as a pivotal moment in her film .

derek schilling is professor of french at johns hopkins university , where he directs the french section of the department of german and romance languages and literatures . his teaching and scholarship bear on modern and contemporary french literature and film , with an emphasis on the interwar period as well as on the second postwar in relation to urbanization and the emergence of the suburb . his monograph eric rohmer appeared in 2007 in the manchester university press " french film directors " series . a second title , screening the paris suburbs before the banlieue film , a multi - author volume co - edited with philippe met , is forthcoming with manchester university press . in 2015 - 2016 , professor schilling is acting director of the center for advanced media studies ( cams ) which houses johns hopkins ' newly created graduate certificate in film and media .

if so , jeanne dielman ' s pathology mitigates against our willingness to generalize . by holding a reformist position ( i . e . she should vary her menu , change her wardrobe ) in relation to a revolutionary character ( i . e . a murderer ) , taubin was forced into a reading of the film limited by notions of realism that she as an avant - garde film critic would have ordinarily worked to avoid . her review split the film along the lines of form / content , annexing the aesthetics as " the real importance " and rejecting the character of jeanne as a pathological woman . again we find a notion of pure art set up in opposition to a feminism seemingly restricted to positive role models . third , annette michelson submitted a written protest to mekas which defended the film ' s importance for

adrienne rich ' s remarks at the 1976 and 1977 women ' s commission panels of the modern language association inspired this investigation into the nature of language in the field of feminist film criticism . the situation for women working in filmmaking and film criticism today is precarious . while our work is no longer invisible , and not yet unspeakable , it still goes dangerously unnamed . the extent of the problem was manifested in the very decision of a title to this paper , designed to analyze naming in terms of film and the women ' s movement but limited to the two unsatisfactory choices of " feminist film " or " films by women . " both are vague and problematic names : the one disregarded or even denied by certain women filmmakers and writers , the other descriptive of nothing but a sex - determined ghetto of classification .

chantal akerman ' s jeanne dielman ( 1975 ) is a chronicle of three days in the life of a brussels housewife , a widow and mother who is also a prostitute . it is the first film to legitimize housework , showing a woman ' s activities in the home in real time , to communicate with veracity the alienation of woman in the nuclear family as it exists under advanced industrialized capitalism . more than three hours in length and nearly devoid of dialogue , the film charts jeanne dielman ' s breakdown via a minute observation of her performance of household routines , at first methodical and unvarying , later increasingly disarranged , until by film ' s end , the order is permanently disrupted by her murder of her third client . the film was scripted , directed , photographed and edited by women motivated by a consciously feminist sensibility .

21 . many of the ideas in this article were first tested in a discussion in chicago in february , 1978 which has been published as " women and film : a discussion of feminist aesthetics " in the new german critique , no . 13 ; i am indebted to the three editors and to my co - discussants michelle citron , julia lesage , judith mayne and anna marie taylor for their feedback and support . thanks also to my friends on the original purdue panel , bill horrigan and bruce jenkins , for their reactions and intellectual generosity . finally , the article has benefited from the tough but sympathetic criticisms of the manuscript by joan braderman , regina cornwell , and linda williams .

unlike the precocious likes of tatum o’neal , brooke has remained surprisingly unaffected . “somebody with her background should be a monster , a little robot , ” says malle . “but brooke has managed to stay very natural , very close to her childhood . ” she is a movie star who thinks being a script girl would be “sooo neat” and who admits she is an only recently reformed thumbsucker . brooke still has an imaginary friend ( “i talk to her about my problems” ) . she plays football in central park , watches tv ( “even though i know charlie’s angels is corny” ) and collects wooden dolls and glass knickknacks . brooke loves movies , though mom recently indexed coma . as for pretty baby , “i wouldn’t go see it alone , ” brooke exclaims . “gross ! ”

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this is not just a timely topic but a timeless one . ( kathy bates’s joan blondell points this out in one of the show’s 1978 interview segments : any film starring women that makes money will be treated as a “fluke” by the boys club . ) we’re seeing a situation like that right now with “hidden figures , ” the best picture nominee that is still in theaters months after it opened and has box - office receipts far exceeding those of “x - men : apocalypse” and “star trek beyond , ” according to a recent report by the wrap . will the success of “hidden figures” be treated as a fluke ? or will it spur a paradigm shift in terms of business decisions ? money talks . the boys club would do well to listen .

if you are familiar with the story of oscars season in 1963 , the year “baby jane” was nominated — and with the story of what happened that year on academy awards night — then you know it was one for the books . the episode ends like a horror movie . to quote margo channing , one of davis’s most iconic characters : “fasten your seatbelts . it’s going to be a bumpy night . ”

occasionally the intimacy between mother and daughter turns into anger . “oh , mommy , you’re so dumb ! ” brooke complains . teri , offended , snaps back , “i don’t have to take that crap ! ” and storms out of the room . “that’s my worst habit , ” brooke admits . “i talk back to my mom . but it’s not like we start punching each other . ” teri , who likes to take her vodka with a beer chaser , adds , “if the press is really concerned about my drinking and fighting with brooke , they should hang around for a couple of months and tune in . ” susan sarandon , brooke’s prostitute mother in pretty baby , says , “i don’t think teri is exploiting brooke . both wanted this stardom . there’s a lot of love and a lot of hate , as in any close , complicated relationship . ”