A note to screenwriters of today: the only way to create stories that make us grow, think, feel and dream is to avoid the patriarchal iconography prototypes used to seduce producers. It’s not an easy ride; you have to be prepared to face all kinds of comments. I will never forget what a very well-known, Oscar-winning producer told me when I presented him the script for My Life Without Me: “Why do you want to tell the story of a poor, badly dressed woman who has just months to live?”. My answer was simple: “Well, someone has to”
Isabel Coixet, THIS FEMALE DIRECTOR IS SICK OF READING SCRIPTS ABOUT “YOUNG, SEXY WOMEN” (via fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors)















