One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fant…

Jane Campion
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One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about. I don't think that men see things wrong and women right, just that we do see things differently. ✨ Jane Campion, Virginia Wright Wexman (1999). Jane Campion: Interviews, p.53, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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