Do there exist any films (I was going to say "made before 2000" but, nah) that aren't horrifying in their gender politics? Just watched Blade Runner with some students. A couple freshmen guys were like, this film is too rapey for me. Me too--my tolerance for films with violence against women, or creepily sexualized nonconsensual interactions w women, is getting lower and lower as I get older. I have to experience this shit in everyday life, thank you very much! Film should be a goddamn refuge!
I don't have an answer to this, but I'm hoping other people have good suggestions. I think that because Hollywood has always been male-dominated a lot of the most capable filmmakers have absorbed some pretty awful attitudes towards their women characters.
