Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

[McCrutchy]

The BFI will release Mark Cousins' documentary Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018) on 18 May 2020.

[McCrutchy]

Full specifications:

Women Make Film:
A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Written and directed by Mark Cousins
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton and Debra Winger

4-disc Blu-ray release on 18 May 2020 and streaming on BFI Player (Subscription service) in 5 parts from 18 May – 15 June 2020

See the trailer here.

Five years in the making, this bold follow-up to Mark Cousins’ The Story of Film: An Odyssey uses hundreds of clips from films directed by women to show how movies are made.

Presented in thematic chapters, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema looks at how a great opening shot is done, how to frame an image, how to introduce a character, how to film sex, dance and death, how work and love are portrayed in cinema, and how the genres such as comedy, melodrama and sci-fi work.

Many famous female directors are included, but so are scores of forgotten women from every period in film history and from five continents. Women Make Film is a revealing eye-opener, a celebration of the art and craft of cinema, and a j’accuse to film history.

On 18 May 2020 Women Make Film will be released by the BFI on Blu-ray in a 4-disc set with additional features. On the same day it will be released on BFI Player’s Subscription service in five episodes; one will uploaded each week from 18 May – 15 June.

Special features
•*Presented in High Definition
• The Making of… (2020, 13 mins): a video essay by Mark Cousins in which he discusses the influences, motivations and methodology of Women Make Film
• Mark Cousins and Barbara Kopple Q&A (2020, 18 mins): a discussion following a screening of Women Make Film at Toronto International Film Festival
• Together (1956, 48 mins): two deaf-mute dock workers eke out a humble East End existence in Lorenza Mazzetti’s striking and poetic film
• Trailer
•*Illustrated booklet with an introduction by Cari Beauchamp, an essay by Mark Cousins, biographies and full credits

Product details
RRP: £49.99 / Cat. no. BFIB1385 / 15
UK / 2020 / colour, black and white / 848 mins / optional English language and English hard-of-hearing subtitles / original aspect ratio 1.85:1 / 4 x BD50: 1080/50i, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz/24-bit), PCM 2.0 stereo audio (48kHz/24-bit)

[McCrutchy]

I'm really excited for this. It's also being released by Cohen in the States next month, but that is apparently a 3xBD-50 set with no extras, and is, I assume, either converted to 1080i or slowed to 1080p. It's great to see the BFI release a massive documentary like this one on Blu-ray, especially when they could have easily just released a DVD set and been done with it. I'm looking forward to getting my copy soon.

[RazorwireRyan]

No offence to the guy because his documentary work is ridiculously impressive, but the fact all of these women are doing the narration for this one makes me a lot more excited to check this one out.

[scarletlion]

Got the Blu Ray. First disc is watched. It is very very good. Just as good as Cousins' 'The Story of Film'

[carldavis]

Currently £23.99 on Amazon, which according to Camel Camel Camel is its lowest point yet. Have ordered.

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