Actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal complained about a lack of female directors at the Venice Film Festival after directing one of this year’s biggest bombs. “I guess it’s finally become clear that men make better movies than women do,” she said.
\n\n“There’s a systemic problem. It’s harder for women to get films financed,” Gyllenhaal said during a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, responding to a question about the lack of female directors in this year’s competition lineup, according to a report by Variety.
\n\n“Could it be possible that women, having had a different experience of being alive in the world, want to make movies [that] are not always deemed high art? Who decides what’s good? Who decides what is valuable?” Gyllenhaal wondered aloud.
\n\nNotably, only one film competing for the Golden Lion — the drama Woman Unknown by Danish-Egyptian director May el-Toukhy — was directed solely by a woman.
\n\n“I guess it’s finally become clear that men make better movies than women do,” Gyllenhaal — the filmmaker of The Bride!, which bombed at the box office — said with a straight face.
\n\nVenice artistic director Alberto Barbera reportedly chimed in, noting that Naza — a documentary co-directed by…
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