Capitalism works on the same principle as a glass company whose employees spend their nights breaking people’s windows and their days boasting of the public service they provide.
— Alfie Kohn in No Contest: The Case Against Competition
Month: March 2009
Movies that pass, February 2009.
Movies I watched that passed the Bechdel Test
- Smiley’s People (talking about hospitals, gardening)
- Careful (talking about dirt, scrubbing)
- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (most of the movie)
Movies that fail.
- Driving With My Wife’s Lover
- Careful with commentary (Guy Maddin commentary is still ecstatic and life-affirming)
Movies I’m especially glad I watched are in bold.
I noticed there is a website compiling Bechdel ratings for movies. Anyone can add to it. I am surprised how many reactions I have to the existence of this unassuming website.
- How did I not notice it when I started posting these lists?
- Now that I have found a big list of movies that pass and fail, I don’t think it will be that useful to me. I really only use the test to measure my own movie watching, not to choose movies. I didn’t realize.
- The same but different: my first thought was that I should stop posting my little lists here but, upon reflection, these lists are more about me than the movies and I still want them for now.