Especially women over 50, theStrange Weatherfilmmaker tells EW.
So, she did something about it.
I was trying to write [these characters] away from stereotype.
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I think in film, its been way more difficult for women to be iconic.
I dont know why that is.
I want to see women who are aesthetically ruthless shake it up.
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And she might do just that whenStrange Weatheropens theatrically on July 28.
Theres this movie calledGloriawith Paulina Garcia.
Did Holly and Carries interpretation of these characters surprise you?
What did they bring to the script that you hadnt written?Carrie is private.
Shes such a naturalistic actress.
I remember one day she was going to do a scene in the car.
Were not even going to see the shoes!
and she goes, Katherine, ImByrd!
There were certain scenes that she played way lighter than I had imagined them when I wrote them.
She is the most deep-thinking actor.
She never stops thinking.
Her brain is whirring a million miles a minute at all times.
If anything, Id say [festivals are] problematic.
What female filmmakers need is visibility, and festivals arent really about visibility.
Its a little bit of a bubble.
That has always been a male bastion of filmmaking, Cannes, except for Jane Campion winning once.
As great as Sofia Coppola winning Best Director is, its only the second time its happened.
Thats crazy.Its kind of appalling.
Where is the female Jim Jarmusch or Pedro Almodovar or Martin Scorsese?
I dont know why that is.
… Where are the women that occupy those roles?
I want to see women who are aesthetically ruthless shake it up.
I feel more optimistic than Ive ever felt.
We have to band together!
When we started doing it, very few people were doing it.
