He takes his first steps in small-budget independent cinema and then begins his climb into Hollywood “that counts”. First writer, then actress and finally director, she has so far proved capable of interpreting her roles with class. She can be ironic and sad, sarcastic and serious: her identity is well defined but her essence has yet to fully unfold. Barbie will be a further stage in her development and the premises for great success are all there
gnetwork Gerwig he’s one of those people who almost pisses you off by how good they are at doing everything. She dances, acts, writes and directs: all in style, all in style. The thirty-nine-year-old director has already taken the stage for a few years as a true superstar and those times seem far away when she on the The Independent she was spoken of as the queen of low-budget movies. It was 2011 and Gerwig was walking through the back door into mainstream cinema. Now she doesn’t even have to ask permission. Certainly, Greta, she’s not afraid.Now in the third film with a stellar cast to say the least (after Lady Bird And Little Women) our very affectionate is expected at the gate in July of this year, when it will be released in theaters Barbiehis latest effort in which characters of the caliber of Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, Will Ferrel, Dua Lipa and even John Cena (so, to throw it in caciara). Ah, since the production evidently had a handful of dollars left over, it seems that the narrative voice will be that of Helen Mirren.
Noaxes in Sacramento, California, a place few know anything about. Either you live there or it doesn’t exist. In Frances Ha (2012), co-written with partner Noah Bumbach, danced through the streets of his city to the tune of David Bowie, because Modern Love it’s a great piece, even though it has 26 million views on YouTube. You don’t always need to look for the new. He does it in a black and white that certainly doesn’t represent his life anymore. Now this has become in color. I think it has a strange way of speaking during interviews: sometimes she is uncertain, often she seems to know beforehand the emotion she wants to arouse. She gives the impression of muttering, but with certainty. The same soul as she is mumblingprobably, like the style of independent films in which he participated. She doesn’t pretend to be more cultured than she is (and she is) and among his favorites he doesn’t mention absurd films shot on horseback on a deer in the steppe of who knows where.
dWoman who often plays with irony, Gerwig has shown that she knows how to deal with themes that are certainly not new but that under her hands change their appearance. Lady Bird for example talk about sex, of school and family: without excesses and without honey. Because, after all, you don’t need to set fire to churches to be rebellious. The answer given to Vogue in January 2020 when asked “What would little Greta want to be when she grew up?” makes you smile. she answered: “A nun, because I liked the outfit”. No devils, blood, darkness or chaos. It doesn’t take much for irreverence to be such. Among other things, she was one of only five women in history to be nominated in the Best director category by the Academy of the Oscars: it is probably also for this reason that, again in the interview with Vogue, you say that his dream is a retelling of the Bible, this time from the point of view of all women. You have already collaborated with the “new” levers of today’s great cinema and of what will come: Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson and Saoirse Ronan. He seems to have a special relationship with the latter. She had no doubts about who to choose her when she gave her the character of Jo in Little Women and that of Lady Bird in the film of the same name.
hIt took Greta time to shoot her first film by herself. She at thirty-four. Basically there would be nothing wrong with it. But we are in an age where if you don’t do something great before thirty you’re already late. And if your mate is Noah Bumbach, well, you had your way straight, right? Perhaps, but then the criticisms are not spared anyone. And there will be some criticism (the vultures are already circling his head). Greta will read them and suffer for them. Why she is not one to spit on other people’s ideas, if they are smart. The appointment, therefore, is for this summer, when the world of her Barbie will come to life. “We” (me and who?) can’t wait and, however it goes, we will remain certain of one thing: Greta Gerwig rocks, fuck anyone who says otherwise.