The latest in a series of films based on products from the world of children’s toys, the new film Barbie proves to be something of a remarkable achievement on a par with other groundbreaking examinations of female empowerment such as Thelma & Lousie (1991).
Director Greta Gerwig delivers more of the masterful storytelling she did with films like Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), but there is something wholly unique and original in Barbie that borders on brilliance. Throughout the film, Gerwig never lets the fun drag or get out of hand, or silly as it might in some other filmmaker’s hands. Instead, this is played as an earnest tale of female independence and is even more powerful for it. This is, to date, possibly the most important film based on a toy ever made.
Written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (the two previously collaborated on Baumbach’s 2012 feature Frances Ha...
Director Greta Gerwig delivers more of the masterful storytelling she did with films like Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), but there is something wholly unique and original in Barbie that borders on brilliance. Throughout the film, Gerwig never lets the fun drag or get out of hand, or silly as it might in some other filmmaker’s hands. Instead, this is played as an earnest tale of female independence and is even more powerful for it. This is, to date, possibly the most important film based on a toy ever made.
Written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (the two previously collaborated on Baumbach’s 2012 feature Frances Ha...
- 7/21/2023
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Although Oscar-winning production designer Rick Carter has worked closely with directors Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron (“Avatar”), and J.J. Abrams (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “The Rise of Skywalker”), his greatest collaboration spans 11 films with Steven Spielberg, from “Jurassic Park” to “The Fabelmans.”
Indeed, Spielberg brings out the best in Carter, who enjoys exploring characters through the spaces they inhabit. It’s a form of world-building based as much on psychology as visual design and has led to several self-discoveries for Carter about his own Goya-esque artistry and conscience in the post 9/11 cycle of war films: “War of the Worlds,” “Munich,” “War Horse,” “Lincoln,” and “The Bfg.”
But “The Fabelmans” — the director’s most personal film and nominated for seven Academy Awards, including production design — provided the greatest epiphany for the Oscar-nominated Carter because he was able to crack “the Spielberg code”: the set of themes and motifs that recur throughout his films,...
Indeed, Spielberg brings out the best in Carter, who enjoys exploring characters through the spaces they inhabit. It’s a form of world-building based as much on psychology as visual design and has led to several self-discoveries for Carter about his own Goya-esque artistry and conscience in the post 9/11 cycle of war films: “War of the Worlds,” “Munich,” “War Horse,” “Lincoln,” and “The Bfg.”
But “The Fabelmans” — the director’s most personal film and nominated for seven Academy Awards, including production design — provided the greatest epiphany for the Oscar-nominated Carter because he was able to crack “the Spielberg code”: the set of themes and motifs that recur throughout his films,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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