Summer Quota-ing
Since we share a Netflix instant queue, Adriane can attest that I don’t have the finest taste in television (ahem, The Hills). I also have a secrety DVD queue all to myself. In an effort to join the Quota Project, I went through all the DVDs on my queue and moved the ones with women directors and/or creators to the top, googling names when I wasn’t sure. I ended up with an eclectic list of domestic and foreign, documentary and television series. Out of the 226 DVDs in my queue, I had about 21 that were directed by women, a minuscule percentage. The interesting thing is, with a few exceptions, I’d never really paid attention to who directed what film, but the project has given me reason to. I’m excited to watch these DVDs that have been sitting in my queue for some time, always getting pushed to the bottom by the stupid comedies and reality tv I prefer to consume while folding laundry.
In other womanly news, I’m reading Le Ly Hayslip’s memoir When Heaven and Earth Changed Places in preparation to MEET HER in Vietnam. This was the book on which Oliver Stone based his 1993 movie “Heaven and Earth.” I’ll show off my autographed copy when I get back.
