8 femmes (2002): Does it mock women or brings insights into thier nature ?

Does it mock women or brings insights into thier nature ?

by CinematicExplorer (Mon Dec 4 2006 22:34:20)


"Visually, it adores the women it introduces. Emotionally and intellectually, it mocks them." - Susan Stark Does it mock women or brings insights into thier nature ?
Re: Does it mock women or brings insights into thier nature ?

by kwlcmxxx (Wed Dec 13 2006 11:40:23)
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i don't think that it is mocking the woman-kind but rather it is mocking the stereotypes.all female characters are deconstructed variants of standart stereotypes.the maid for instance is not a simple maid that one could find in any piece of art easily.her arrongance,her self confidance is striking.to classify,i guess it would be right to state that the movie is a kind of post-structuralist,feminist piece of art:)
Re: Does it mock women or brings insights into thier nature ?

by jiemei (Mon Dec 18 2006 21:25:07)
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that's exactly what Ozon was trying to convey. it's not a film about female degradation, it's in fact very feminist. :)
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Re: Does it mock women or brings insights into thier nature ?

by obscure_note (Sat Aug 25 2007 07:40:30)
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UPDATED Sat Aug 25 2007 07:43:04
Catherine Deneuve, in an interview here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_48_wed_01.shtml (around 3:20) says that Ozon likes actresses, but not women. Asked why she felt that way, Deneuve says because of the way Ozon portrays women in this movie. The interviewer then says that Ozon is paying a hommage to the old classic actresses, but Deneuve says that Ozon is only in love with the style concept of it, and that he doesn't really like women. When another reporter brought this up, Ozon got annoyed. From http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106600913.html
When Catherine Deneuve was promoting 8 Women, she referred repeatedly to Ozon as a director who likes actresses but not women. There was no escaping her prickly observation; I read it in three interviews, then heard it on Woman's Hour while I was doing the washing up. Ozon gives a little shiver when I mention it. "Thank you, Catherine," he says sarcastically. "I am sure to love the actress Catherine Deneuve. I am not sure to love the woman Catherine Deneuve." The air crackles, the room falls silent. I wonder if he is waiting for a round of applause, or a chorus of jeers. "If I do a film in which she is my only star I'm sure she will be a dream, because she's an amazing woman." A short pause. "I think she likes it when a director is weak, or if he has lots of problems, because then she can be like a mother to him. But on 8 Women, I didn't give her the chance that she wanted to be my mother. I didn't need her as a mother - she was only my actress."
Interesting.