Paris Was a Woman
by Greta Schiller
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Actor: Gillian Hanna, Juliet Stevenson, Margaret Robertson, Maureen All, Shari BenstockDirector: Greta Schiller
Cinematographer: Nurit Aviv
Editor: Greta Schiller
Producer: Andrea Weiss
Writer: Andrea Weiss
Producer: Frances Berrigan
Producer: Jennifer Romine
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Movie Reviews of Paris Was a Woman
Movie Review: Could have been longer?
Summary: 4 Stars
I think it's quite fascinating to look at a time when most of us weren't even thought of. The world of Paris for women brought new challenges to reinforce their equality. Of course, most of the women here led complicated love lives mostly with each other in the literary salons of Natalie Clifford Barney and Gertrude Stein. The deleted scenes are worth noting the relationship between Ernest Hemingway who was actually Gertrude's gopher. While they were some of the smartest women including the legendary Janet Flanner, they still had remarkably difficult love lives on the side. We only see a portion of their lives. This documentary actually focuses in between wars. Don't think they had it all easy. Alice B. Toklas was left penniless by the Stein family. Alice was cared for by Catholic nuns because of her plight. Nancy Clare Cunard died alone in a Paris hospital. Djuna Barnes became a Greenwich Village recluse. Janet Flanner had three women who vyed for her love. Solita Solano was her partner in living and work. Noel was her American lover in French countryside where she spent summers and weekends in Orgeval and of course, she ended her life with the only woman who was able to care for her. That woman was NAtalia Danesi Murray and I think Janet's true love was Paris itself. It allowed you to grow and nurtured these expatriates. It was nice to see Dr. Gisele Freund. Although the clips with Shari Benstock could have looked more professional, any it's worth the price.
Summary of Paris Was a Woman
In the early decades of the 20th century, Paris was the undisputed artistic capital of the world. Cultural titans Gertrude Stein, Colette, Djuna Barnes, painter Marie Laurencin, publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier, and New Yorker journalist Janet Flanner (not to mention Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and James Joyce) were all part of the between-the-wars Left Bank inner circle. Utilizing groundbreaking research, newly-discovered home movies and intimate storytelling that intertwines interview with anecdote, this award-winning documentary re-creates the mood and flavor of a unique female artistic community who flocked to the City of Lights during its most magical era. This Edition features rare home movies of Stein, Alice B. Toklas and Picasso.Art House & International DVD Video
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