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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 175 movie clips from 1896 ...

Director

Nina Menkes

Year

Genre

Box Office

$28,826

Production

Menkesfilm

Awards

2 wins & 5 nominations

Homepage

https://www.brainwashedmovie.com/

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Well, having left university
in 1963, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Well, having left university in 1963,

Only retrospectively realizing
that part of my pleasure - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Only retrospectively realizing that part of my pleasure

Almost all of us are
familiar with the phrase - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Almost all of us are familiar with the phrase

What exactly is an object
and what is a subject? - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

What exactly is an object and what is a subject?

So let's get back
to basic grammar - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So let's get back to basic grammar

The cat is the subject, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

The cat is the subject,

Similarly,
the man sees the woman, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Similarly, the man sees the woman,

This phrase,
to-be-looked-at-ness, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

This phrase, to-be-looked-at-ness,

That dress will be ahead
of fashion a hundred years - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

That dress will be ahead of fashion a hundred years

J” I can hear the river call j“ - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

J” I can hear the river call j“

Through time, the woman's body - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Through time, the woman's body

Even though mulvey's
foundational work - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Even though mulvey's foundational work

You know, I think
the majority of people - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

You know, I think the majority of people

It's so normal it's like
the idea of a fish asking - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's so normal it's like the idea of a fish asking

It's the stuff that
I think you thought, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's the stuff that I think you thought,

And so to name it and
to show it is, you know, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And so to name it and to show it is, you know,

The poet philosopher,
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

The poet philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson

He said, "perception is
not whimsical, but fatal.“ - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

He said, "perception is not whimsical, but fatal.“

It's just my vision. It's
just my idea. It's whimsical, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's just my vision. It's just my idea. It's ...

It's fatal, and it impacts us
on the deepest possible level. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's fatal, and it impacts us on the deepest possible l...

As filmmakers
we have to be courageous - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

As filmmakers we have to be courageous

Willing to speak our minds, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Willing to speak our minds,

Let's rethink this." - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Let's rethink this."

And I think that it's okay to
still love and to see a film - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And I think that it's okay to still love and to see a f...

And I think
without questioning it, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And I think without questioning it,

Now most of you guys
are probably aware - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Now most of you guys are probably aware

You know, we know that
we'd prefer not to see women - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

You know, we know that we'd prefer not to see women

What's less well known
is how shot design itself - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

What's less well known is how shot design itself

So when we talk about
shot design, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So when we talk about shot design,

We're talking about
subject, object, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

We're talking about subject, object,

So the first thing
is subject, object. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So the first thing is subject, object.

When we see a shape like this, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

When we see a shape like this,

- Haven't I seen you
somewhere before? - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

- Haven't I seen you somewhere before?

This pov shot can be done
in one shot, like this. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

This pov shot can be done in one shot, like this.

It's dropping down.
We need to get that adjusted. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's dropping down. We need to get that adjusted.

I should just drop my brushes,
and just, fuck it. Oh! - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I should just drop my brushes, and just, fuck it. Oh!

Pretty amazing. Jerry! Jerry! - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Pretty amazing. Jerry! Jerry!

I think a lot about how
to create points of view. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I think a lot about how to create points of view.

It's not just optical,
it's perceptual, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's not just optical, it's perceptual,

You're putting the audience
in the character's shoes - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

You're putting the audience in the character's sho...

What's interesting
about Robert Montgomery's, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

What's interesting about Robert Montgomery's,

So it becomes
this point of view shot - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So it becomes this point of view shot

It aligns with my ideas
about a male point of view - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It aligns with my ideas about a male point of view

And about sort of the image
of a certain kind - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And about sort of the image of a certain kind

Women actors are often shot
with fragmented body parts. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Women actors are often shot with fragmented body parts.

And that fragmented body
can be part of, of course, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And that fragmented body can be part of, of course,

So you have one shot
somebody is looking, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So you have one shot somebody is looking,

Another thing that's very
common is a female body - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Another thing that's very common is a female body

This is just like
general audience display. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

This is just like general audience display.

I think we have to consider - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I think we have to consider

And we inherit
so much subliminally - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And we inherit so much subliminally

All of that becomes
the grammar and syntax - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

All of that becomes the grammar and syntax

So in a visual culture,
such as ours, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So in a visual culture, such as ours,

A common thing that we've
all seen a million times - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

A common thing that we've all seen a million times

And that can, of course,
be a horizontal pan - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And that can, of course, be a horizontal pan

Furthermore, what you
very often see is slow-mo, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Furthermore, what you very often see is slow-mo,

80 men get slow-mo for action, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

80 men get slow-mo for action,

The dissemination of
these kinds of shots - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

The dissemination of these kinds of shots

Whether it's objectifying women - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Whether it's objectifying women

Lighting. Lighting
is a bit more subtle. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Lighting. Lighting is a bit more subtle.

Normally a male lead actor
gets to have 3D lighting - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Normally a male lead actor gets to have 3D lighting

Women are not allowed to age - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Women are not allowed to age

Myself and other directors, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Myself and other directors,

So we put nice soft lights up - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So we put nice soft lights up

And, you know, all the
different ways to film women. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And, you know, all the different ways to film women.

I don't worry
if a guy has wrinkles, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I don't worry if a guy has wrinkles,

You know, I got this
great movie recently, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

You know, I got this great movie recently,

And, what can you say? - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And, what can you say?

So, that happens a lot,
that happens a lot. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So, that happens a lot, that happens a lot.

I have a lot of sadness, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I have a lot of sadness,

I think this visual
language really contributes - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I think this visual language really contributes

What is normalized as beauty
is really seen specifically - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

What is normalized as beauty is really seen specifically

I think that really changes how - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I think that really changes how

It's the aesthetic
that is normalized, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

It's the aesthetic that is normalized,

Here in "super fly" - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Here in "super fly"

We have the man
in the subject position. - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

We have the man in the subject position.

Although, the two heads are
photographed quite the same, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Although, the two heads are photographed quite the same,

One of my students
when she saw this clip, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

One of my students when she saw this clip,

Watching this "superfly"
bathtub scene, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Watching this "superfly" bathtub scene,

That, you know,
they are given a script - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

That, you know, they are given a script

All of these techniques
that we've just reviewed - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

All of these techniques that we've just reviewed

And very often in ways that
seemed strangely irrelevant - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And very often in ways that seemed strangely irrelevant

In an ideal world, we would
be able to see a huge amount, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

In an ideal world, we would be able to see a huge amount,

You know, so if you are
a heterosexual male, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

You know, so if you are a heterosexual male,

I'm just pointing out
the fact that a whole lot - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

I'm just pointing out the fact that a whole lot

And since 96% of the films
through time - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

And since 96% of the films through time

For women, because you're
looking at those films, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

For women, because you're looking at those films,

But she thinks,
some part of me, which is me, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

But she thinks, some part of me, which is me,

So, in that case,
she loses her own self, - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

So, in that case, she loses her own self,

All of her, you know,
attention or energy - Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

All of her, you know, attention or energy

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Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 175 movie clips from 1896 ...

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Director: Nina Menkes

Writer: Nina Menkes

Production: Menkesfilm

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 58/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: $28,826

Released: 17 Mar 2023

Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations

Homepage: https://www.brainwashedmovie.com/