Ramsay's walkout sparks sexism row in Hollywood

[boston bean]

SCOTS director Lynne Ramsay is at the centre of a row over sexism in Hollywood after she walked out on the $15 million-budget Western she was due to direct, sparking a debate on the film industry's attitude to female directors.

The filmmaker sent shockwaves through Tinseltown last week when it emerged she had failed to turn up for the first day of shooting on Jane Got A Gun and was replaced 24 hours later by US director Gavin O'Connor – to the surprise of stars Natalie Portman (who is also a producer) and Jude Law. Law, who had signed up on condition of working with Ramsay, quit the next day.

News of the We Need To Talk About Kevin director's sudden departure provoked a slew of misogynistic comments online, describing Ramsay as "hysterical", "ungrateful" throwing a "hissy fit", "emotional", and "P.M.S.ing".

One commentator accused Ramsay, 43, of "setting female directors back 20 years". Another dubbed her a "prima donna".

Sasha Stone, founder of the Hollywood news websites Oscarwatch and Awardsdaily.com, said it seemed as if commentators were trying to "verbally stone" powerful women in the film industry "to make sure another strong woman never emerges in Hollywood again

An article in the Hollywood Reporter noted: "Sources who have worked with Ramsay say that the director can be fickle and difficult. But her defenders respond that such characteristics are common among top filmmakers and that Ramsay has been painted as particularly difficult because she is a woman."

Indeed, directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese and David Lynch are more likely to be described as perfectionists, obsessives, or eccentrics.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/ramsays-walkout-sparks-sexism-row-in-hollywood.20597939

[boston bean]

2. do you have something to say about the subject of the OP? nt

[Dash87]

3. Oops. Thought we were in GD. I'm lost!

[DURHAM D]

4. The problem here is obviously the producer-financier Scott Steindorff.

Ramsey had no final script, no schedule and no budget just days before work is scheduled to begin. Plus Scott removed her right to final editing. I would walk out on this cluster fuck as well.

Leave it to male-dominated showbiz to blame The Woman ...



And on another note... a story about a female who is challenging the status quo

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/megan-ellison-27-producer-zero-dark-thirty



ETA: and thank you Amy Pascal: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/amy-pascal-asks-hollywood-to-eliminate-gay-slurs-stereotypes-from-movies/

[ismnotwasm]

5. " Pretty but a bit overweight, with hunched shoulders"

"Megan’s mother, Barb, a blonde"

"Actions by Weinstein have “brought Megan to tears four or five times,”

Then finally

"Many in Hollywood say that it’s naïve to think she won’t succeed. “Every studio has lean years,” says Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty’s screenwriter. “Don’t be quick to count her out.” Amy Pascal, who calls Megan “tough” and “shrewd,” adds that she’s never seen a female financial player come into Hollywood at Ellison’s level. “And you know what? Sometimes when you’re a woman, people judge you a little more harshly. I think that if Megan was a guy people wouldn’t be jumping on her as much.”

I agree with you on both counts, and I'll even admit Tarrentino has been described as less than attractive. He, apparently doesn't cry, just has a foot fetish. This is a good article, but as usual it had to establish her 'woman cred'.

I can't imagine what it's like to play in Hollywood's big boy sandbox.

[ismnotwasm]

6. PMSing

Right, because a women director is just going to walk out on a movie deal because we aren't rational creatures-- unlike male directors, who never do this,

oh wait....


What a shit response.