jpJul 19, 2025
The Woman King wants to be a historical epic, a feminist manifesto, and a Hollywood crowd-pleaser all at once — but ends up shrinking its story, flattening its stakes, and softening its message. A case study in studio-glossed ‘representation.’
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The Woman King: A Battle of Studio Spectacle vs. Historical Stakes

The Woman King (2022) is over two hours long, yet its world feels scarcely bigger or more realistic than a movie set. Despite its billing as a sweeping African historical epic, the film shrinks eve…

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JdeBPJan 2, 2025

Watching Holiday Affair, I am reminded of the peculiarities of 1949 where Hays Code audiences just accepted 22-year-old Janet Leigh as the single (war widowed) mother of a 9-year-old boy and romantic interest for Robert Mitchum or his 35-year-old rival suitor.

Teenage pregnancy was a no-no under the Code, few daring to state it until the late 1950s. Even if we are to believe her to be playing a woman in her middle 20s, there is still a whiff of it here.

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Carmilla On Line - Rss BotJan 31, 2019
Immaginari produttivi. Diversamente Ford: Henry, John e Francis https://www.carmillaonline.com/2019/02/01/immaginari-produttivi-diversamente-ford-henry-john-e-francis/ #Immaginariproduttivi #politiquedesauteurs #FrancisFordCoppola #sistemaproduttivo #AmericanZoetrope #esteticamusicale #CahiersduCinéma #GioacchinoToni #postfordismo #StudioSystem #immaginario #Cinema&tv #HenryFord #Hollywood #JeffMenne #Fordismo #JohnFord #Cinema
Immaginari produttivi. <em>Diversamente Ford</em>: Henry, John e Francis

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