Week 5 + Response

It is interesting to think about the role of women in cinema at this time compared to now. Women were apart of cinema more than every including now in the 21st century. Shockingly, Alice Guy Blache is still the only woman to own her own film studio. I think it is interesting how this has not developed into the 21st century. This is a huge stride for women in cinema and had the potential to go far. Once reason I could think of was the film Les Vampires and how the US capitalize on the fact that Les Vampires was seen as immoral because of the idea of glamorizing crime and having more attention towards the criminals. Could this reaction form the US that got the leg up from French films stop the progression of women in cinema? Another thought could be the female fandom of the female actress. Women were interested in the outside lives of the women on in the films more than they were of the women doing the work. This could be because the women actresses are seen, and the women producers and directors are not, therefore hyping up the idea of being an actress rather than a producers/director.

The gender roles in The Perils of Pauline and Les Vampires change because women were now seen in the front lines of cinema. No longer seen as the housewife or sexualized. The Perils of Pauline somewhat promoted an independent women. A women on an adventure to be her own person without marriage.