Lives in Play explores the centrality of life narratives to womenrsquo;s drama and performance from the 1970s to the present moment. In the early days of second-wave feminism; the slogan was ldquo;The personal is the political.rdquo; These autobiographical and biographical ldquo;true storiesrdquo; have the political impact of the real and have also helped a range of feminists tease out the more complicated aspects of gender; sex; and sexuality in a Western culture that now imagines itself as ldquo;postfeminist.rdquo;
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Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Well-Thought Out Collection.By Tony WilliamsThis is an exemplary collection of articles by a well-known film historian. As well as realizing that interviews as we know them today were envisaged differently in the early decades of the last century; the editor has assembled a diverse amount of material that also makes the director relevant to current cinematic trends. Beginning in 1914 and concluding with the directors last year depicts Griffith as a true cinematic artist seeking to make his chosen profession as artistic as any of the other competing arts. Most remarkable are "The Moral and the Immortal Photoplay" (1920) covering that eternal struggle between art and commerce and how low budget filmmaking often allows for the latter (129-131); a 1921 interview elevating "Broken Blossoms" above "Birth of a Nation" (137); a 1922 "Intimate Closeup of Griffith at Work"; Harry C. Carrs 1922 day in the life of Griffith"; a 1922 conversation about future technology such as stereascopic films (155-56); as well as the poignant image of a director in debt having to pay fro his artistic experiments in more ways than one (163). In his 1926 conversation with Selma Robinson he certainly does not regard the audience as dumb but capable of appreciating good cinema. (178). In the final interview he regards "Birth of a Nation" as a "cheap melodrama" (214). Truely a remarkable collection of articles intelligently compiled; edited; and footnoted where necessary.
