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Nov. 29th, 2009
Movies to 39
Nov. 29th, 2009 11:10 pmP/f is whether the movie passes the Bechdel Test. There must be 1) Two female characters 2) who talk to each other, 3) about something besides a man.
Passing doesn't make a good movie or a feminist one. Failing doesn't mean a bad movie. I find this an interesting measure of roles for women.
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38) Life of Brian. Monty Python gives us the tale of a man whose life parallels that of Jesus. Brian is a most unwilling messiah. The movie itself is anti-Christian, but not anti-God. It's very respectful of Jesus but thumbs its nose at religion and dogma. Also, frontal male nudity. (f,1)
39) Stagecoach. 1986. This little western features the Highwaymen supergroup: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. It also has John Schneider and Merrit Buttrick, as well as Jessi Colter and June Carter Cash. Mary Crosby, fresh from Ice Pirates, is along for the ride. Basically, the stagecoach has to get through, with Doc Holliday (Nelson), a gambler (Jennings), a US Marshal (Cash), a whore trying to find a new life (Colter), an Army officer's pregnant wife (Crosby), a crooked banker and a whiskey salesman (Anthony Newley). They pick up an escaped bank-robber, deliver the baby, weather an attack from Geronimo and generally rollick through the two hours. (p)
Passing doesn't make a good movie or a feminist one. Failing doesn't mean a bad movie. I find this an interesting measure of roles for women.
( Read more... )
38) Life of Brian. Monty Python gives us the tale of a man whose life parallels that of Jesus. Brian is a most unwilling messiah. The movie itself is anti-Christian, but not anti-God. It's very respectful of Jesus but thumbs its nose at religion and dogma. Also, frontal male nudity. (f,1)
39) Stagecoach. 1986. This little western features the Highwaymen supergroup: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. It also has John Schneider and Merrit Buttrick, as well as Jessi Colter and June Carter Cash. Mary Crosby, fresh from Ice Pirates, is along for the ride. Basically, the stagecoach has to get through, with Doc Holliday (Nelson), a gambler (Jennings), a US Marshal (Cash), a whore trying to find a new life (Colter), an Army officer's pregnant wife (Crosby), a crooked banker and a whiskey salesman (Anthony Newley). They pick up an escaped bank-robber, deliver the baby, weather an attack from Geronimo and generally rollick through the two hours. (p)