Over at Women In Hollywood, a fantastic blog on women in the movies, Melissa Silverstein wonders whether there's potential to hire a female director now that Gary Ross has stepped down/been pushed out/whatever.
We all know the state of female directors in mainstream movies (be honest, can you name more than one off the top of your head?). Nonetheless, it would be fantastic to see a triumph of female strength like The Hunger Games be helmed by, well, a woman.
So I'd like to open the floor to you, dear reader. Make your case for the perfect director for Catching Fire and Mockingjay (yes, you can nominate a different director for each).
I'll get the ball rolling: my vote goes firmly to Jane Campion. I recently saw The Piano for the first time, and have been haunted its portrayal of brutal violence (I won't spoil it for you here, but it's probably the first thing anyone thinks of when they think of this film). Campion masterfully gives voice to a woman who has none but her instrument.
Katniss is similar to Ada McGrath in many ways. She may not be mute, but she remains totally insignificant, a bit player on the universal stage, but retains her humanity despite circumstances that conspire to destroy it entirely.
We can only imagine what Campion would have done with the first movie, but we can hope (against hope) that she becomes involved at some stage.
Runner-up: Mary Harron, who directed American Psycho.
And the floor's open!
Well, the obvious choice would be Kathryn Bigelow because she's an established action film director. Honestly, anybody who doesn't use shakycam will be a vast improvement over Ross.
ReplyDeleteHa that's fair enough. I didn't suggest Bigelow because I felt that would be obvious. Though I think she would have done a great job with the first film.
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