REAL WOMEN IN ALL THEIR COMPLEXITY
Organised by : Chichester Cinema
https://chichesterfilmfestival.co.uk
REAL
WOMEN, IN ALL THEIR COMPLEXITY: (Adv15)
THE
FILMS OF KATE WINSLET
A
talk looking back at the career of one of the finest screen actors of the last
thirty years.
This
talk, by Professor Maggie Andrews, of the Cinema Education Team, will explore,
using a range of clips, some of the independent, Hollywood, British and
Australasian films which have featured in Kate Winslets extensive and
high-profile career, of more than thirty years. Her unquestionable acting
talent has seen her portray complex, contradictory and often uncompromising
versions of femininity on screen. From Heavenly Creatures to Lee all these
texts have raised questions about the limitations and possibilities of
contemporary womanhood. Whilst some of Winslets roles have been rooted in the
gently feminist sensibilities of heritage drama, such as Titanic and A
Little Chaos, others have involved thornier problems: womens illiteracy and
culpability, as an SS Guard in The Reader, or the dangers of DIY abortions in
Revolutionary Road. More recently, her seemingly fearless onscreen sexuality
has opened up debates about gender, age, visibility and value, in The
Dressmaker and Ammonite.
100m
inc Q&A
13:30