From Frances Ha to Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s films have a distinct style and voice - a thread that runs through her body of work. From her roots in theater, to her early films with Joe Swanberg and the Duplass brothers, Gerwig has established an approach to filmmaking that is all her own. So what makes a Greta Gerwig film? By focusing specifically on her work in Frances Ha, Lady Bird, Little Women, and Barbie, this video will explore how her movies have a particular way of subverting genre, eschewing conventional structure, and playing with film form.

//CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Subverting Genre
01:39 Barbie
02:12 Lady Bird
03:49 Frances Ha
05:37 Little Women
07:50 Women’s Stories vs The Hero’s Journey
10:13 Subverting Structure
10:19 Her Writing Process
13:18 Theater Roots
13:29 Mumblecore
14:44 Greenberg
15:31 Subverting Form
15:37 Recapturing the Mistake of Theater
16:11 Using Lots of Takes
17:15 Rhythm of Language
18:05 Overlapping Dialogue
19:32 Outro

//VIDEOS:
Lady Bird BTS, Little Women BTS, Greta Gerwig on Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan On the Importance of Female Voices in Hollywood | TimesTalks, SBIFF Cinema Society - "Little Women" Q&A with Greta Gerwig & Amy Pascal, Greta Gerwig on Little Women: Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf, Directors Roundtable: Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Close Up, Full Director's Roundtable: Angelina Jolie, Guillermo del Toro, Greta Gerwig | Close Up With THR, Greta Gerwig Career Retrospective | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations, Joe Swanberg Films Chicago, Greta Gerwig Likes Writing that Doesn't Look Like Writing, Meet the 2018 DGA Nominees for Feature Film, Criterion Conversation between Sarah Polley and Greta Gerwig on Frances Ha, Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig | Mistress America, BARBIE (2023) Behind-the-Scenes Greta's Vision

//PODCASTS:
KPCC interview with Greta Gerwig, Sam Jones Off Camera Ep. 84 - Greta Gerwig, Dua Lipa: At Your Service Podcast S2 EP 10, WTF with Marc Maron Ep. 869 - Greta Gerwig, Deadline CREW CALL 18: “Writer/Director Greta Gerwig, Editor Nick Houy, and Cinematographer Sam Levy, WGA East On Writing Episode 27: Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”

//MUSIC:
hello sunny by johnny_ripper, i was dreaming of you by johnny_ripper, join the bugs by johnny_ripper

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