> Just wanted to vent something that has been annoying me lately. Why is it > that indie film has totally stopped giving any attention to women > filmmakers in favor of lavishing media on waifish model-of-the-week > actresses? When indie film was new, there were lots of talented directors > that got attention -- Alison Anders, Julie Dash, Leslie Harris, Rose > Troche, etc. etc. And now??? How about Cheryl Dunye's *Watermelon Woman?* shown at the Gay&Lesbian Film Festival in New York last month? *The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love* from last summer? I didn't know that Kate Moss starred in a film. :-) > > For example, there is an excellent film out now that I saw at New Directors > called WALKING AND TALKING. A great film from a woman director & > screenwriter Nicole Holofcener, starring non-waif, very talented actressed > Catherine Keener and Anne Heche. Its about a couple of friends in their > late 20's -- one is getting married, and the other can't even get a date. > Its one of the only films in recent memory that seriously takes an interest > in friendship between two women. > > Now why hasn't the media taken notice of this? Siskel and Ebert gave it > two thumbs up and said it was one of the best films they've seen in a > while. Yet you see no news about it, etc. > I saw it too, at that Festival and I don't think it got any kind of commercial distribution...yet. And what happened to Donna Deitch, Claudia Weill? Gloria Monti ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]