After reading Mulvey's piece I was a
bit murky on some of the concepts presented but I was wondering has
anyone ever directly made a film where they tried to go along with
Mulvey's ideas? Or, has anyone ever tried to incorporate a “female
gaze”directly into their work? I was thinking a film like this
could be done as a way to make people aware that it's happening. But
by changing the reference point where males become objectified
perhaps that would “wake people up”as it were. I understand this
is an old article and some of these issues aren't at the forefront of
the third wave (fourth wave?) But what you would need is a director
who has already made their name and can afford careerwise to try to
make a film that would have to be labeled “experimental”in order
to get made. Because we are talking about a new film concept. But if
you had someone like Steven Spielberg or Ron Howard or Sophia Coppola
attached to the project maybe it could be done. Maybe it has been
done and I just don't know about it.
Thomas
I think rather than thinking about female directors you might want to think about directors rejecting traditional narrative structures. Think about Momento or even Tarintino or the Pan's Labyrinth director. They all sort of change view and identification with the viewer and even the idea of the grotesque. I don't know if I'd call any of them feminist directors, but they are messing with normative ideas of story.
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And also check out the Wikipedia entry - gives a little overview on exactly what you mention:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_film_theory