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

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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