Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy−Blaché
Official poster
Directed by Pamela B. Green
Produced by Pamela B. Green
Cosima Littlewood
Gala Minasova
Joan Simon
Screenplay by Pamela B. Green
Joan Simon
Starring Jodi Foster (narrator)
Music by Peter G. Adams
Edited by Pamela B. Green
Production
company
The Film Sales Company
Release date
 May 11, 2018
Running time
 120 min (original cut)
Country US
Language English

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is a 2018 documentary about the first female filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché, directed by Pamela B. Green. It was screened out of competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Classics category.[1] It was nominated for the festival's L'Œil d'or documentary prize.[2]

Synopsis

Narrated by Jodie Foster, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is a two hour feature documentary investigating the full scope of the life and work of cinema’s first female director, screenwriter, producer, and studio owner Alice Guy-Blaché.[3]

Production

The project was launched with a successful Kickstarter campaign, which prompted other donors to come on board.[4] Be Natural is entirely donation-based.[5]

Critical response

Reviews for the version of the film screened at Cannes were generally positive, with Deadline's Pete Hammond claiming it to be perhaps "The Best (And Least-Seen) Film in Cannes."[6]

However, in his review of Be Natural for Variety, Jay Weissberg commented: "... there’s that title, “The Untold Story,” which ignores a number of earlier documentaries not to mention the significant amount of scholarship on pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché. ... These are what can be called inconvenient truths, for Pamela B. Green, director of “Be Natural,” is on a mission to discover why — supposedly — no one has ever heard of Alice Guy-Blaché."[7]

Reviewing for The Hollywood Reporter, Leslie Felperin considered that 'Be Natural: "... represents a timely contribution to the international conversation about the challenges facing women filmmakers while also boosting the reputation of someone who really should be better known by now as a role model. As a teaching and consciousness-raising tool, it will be an indispensable resource."[8]

References

  1. ↑ "BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  2. ↑ "2018 Competition". www.scam.fr.
  3. ↑ "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché - Film, Trailer, Kritik". www.kino-zeit.de. Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Be Natural: The untold story of Alice Guy-Blaché". Kickstarter. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  5. ↑ "benaturalthemovie.com". benaturalthemovie.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  6. ↑ Hammond, Pete (14 May 2018). "Why 'Be Natural', The Documentary About The First Female Director, May Be The Best (And Least-Seen) Film In Cannes". Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  7. ↑ Weissberg, Jay (31 May 2018). "Film Review: 'Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché'". variety.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "'Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache': Film Review - Cannes 2018". hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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