For an A2 film studies project, I'm studying the representation of women within film, using Laura Mulvey's "male gaze" theory. To what extent do you think this theory is valid, and how do you perceive the representation of women in modern cinema?
shareThe Piano Teacher ,for example,she is the character who drives the narrative forward and who as it were appropriates the male gaze,which is probably why this film made so many male critics and viewers uneasy.
few directors understand about women characters, not just because there just few female directors in the world who could defend their identity in the man's world but more important is the stories in many movies do not over much strength and knowledge about female. they like to mock themselves like in the heat and that's a box office attraction, basically people just want to see women as objects.
godard's vivre sa vie i still think is the best story about women, simply about woman.