Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power with Nina Menkes | AD 244

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 11:08 p.m.

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Topics Discussed In This Episode:

  • Discrimination against women in the film industry
  • The Weinstein investigation
  • 94% of women working in the film industry experiencing sexual assault
  • How film objectifies women through the use of camera angles, camera movement, and lighting techniques
  • Updating the narrative point of view
  • Predatory perspectives within filmmaking
  • Portraying love and intimacy in film in more nuanced ways
  • Addressing the male gaze
  • The need for more government funding for the arts in the U.S.

Artists / People Mentioned:

  • Iyabo Kwayana (Cinematographer)
  • Jeffrey Martin Zacks (Psychologist)
  • Sandra De Castro Buffington (Producer)
  • Catherine Hardwicke (Filmmaker)
  • Laura Mulvey (Film Theorist)
  • Eliza Hittman (Filmmaker)
  • Werner Herzog (Director)
  • Claire Denis (Director)

Films Mentioned:

  • Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • Blonde (2022)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
  • Titane (2021)
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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