Tuesday, 15 September 2015

BFI - 10 wonderful women of sci-fi
6th November 2014
ARTICLE

Female characters restricted to damsels in distress or 'babes'
Article focuses on specific women, isn't generalisable to my focus films.

Sight and Sound August 2014 - The kill list

Focuses on male action heroes, contrasting my research title.
"go on a crash diet [to] "lean out" before the big scene, allowing the actor/actress to hit three-four percent body fat and therefore appear as no man/woman naturally appears."

23 superhero movies slated for release in the next four years from marvel, warner bros, 20th century fox and sony/columbia, only one has a women as its central focus (wonder woman)



https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/media-magazine/articles/16145 - Media mag Tarantino's women

Too focused on Tarantino as an Auteur.