The Man Who Envied Women - Movie

The Man Who Envied Women

Yvonne Rainer
Fiction : 125' / Relationship, Women, Feminism, Politics, Gender, Elder, Gentrification

An honest, graceful, and wickedly funny account of a self-satisfied womanizer, Jack Deller, the man “who almost knows too much about women”, built around a familiar theme: the breakup of a marriage.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa

September 29 | 21h30 | Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala M. Félix Ribeiro Buy Tickets

Sections: Retrospective
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/ Details

Year: 1985

Country: USA

Language: english

Subtitles: portuguese

With: William Raymond, Larry Loonin, Jackie Raynal, Trisha Brown (voice over)

/ Direction

Yvonne Rainer

USA

Yvonne Rainer (San Francisco, 1934) is an American choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker. A pioneering figure of the American avant-garde movement with a career spanning over five decades across dance and film, Rainer’s artistic work has emphasized minimalism and experimentalism and has challenged conventional form to explore subversive political and social themes. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential performance artists of the twentieth century.

Filmography

Selection:

1996 - Murder and Murder (Feature Film)
1990 - Privilege (Experimental Feature)
1985 - The Man Who Envied Women (Feature Film)
1980 - Journeys from Berlin/1971 (Feature Film)
1976 - Kristina Talking Pictures (Feature Film)
1974 - Film about a Woman Who… (Experimental Feature)
1972 - Lives of Performers (Experimental Feature)
1966 - Trio Film (Experimental Short)
1967 - Volleyball (Foot Film) (Experimental Short)
1966 - Hand Film (Experimental Short)