On Sep 20, 12:23 pm, Harkness wrote:
> You include Nora Ephron and say that Wertmuller is overrated?
At least "Sleepless in Seattle" is a guilty pleasure. Any praise of
any of Wertmuller's work is incomprehensible to me.
>
> And Penelope Spheeris did direct Wayne's World.
GAG SPEW CHUNKS RALPH
C'mon, any moron could've directed that. Oh, I'm sorry, one DID.
>
> Amy Heckerling? Jeezus. How about Susan Seidelman? Speaking of useless
> hack directors...
Heckerling will forever be special to me for "Fast Times." That's
all.
>
> Let's see...
>
> Gillian Armstrong
> Larissa Schepitko
> Margarethe Von Trotta
> Samira Makhmalbaf
> Mira Nair
> Pascale Ferran
> Deepa Mehta
> Jane Campion
> Agnes Varda
> Leni Reifenstahl
>
> Just off the top of my head...
>
I considered Armstrong & Campion. Cusp. And I did mention Nair &
Reifenstahl, of course. Still, interesting that none of these made
the overall lists in the separate thread. Directing seems to be as
male dominant as golf.
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