I can't get Eleanor of Aquitaine, but I *can* get Hypatia

[swan_tower]

How come I never heard about this movie?

Dude -- it's Hypatia! In a movie about science! And religion! In fourth-century Egypt! And it sounds like like the script is actually intelligent!

Wonders really will never cease.

Comments

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

I just saw that, too. I have got to find that movie. Hypatia!!!! And Rachael Weisz can totally manage that part, because I love her.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it's only in Manhattan, and L.A. later this summer. I don't know if it will get a wider release; I'll probably have to check it out on DVD.

Fortunately, Netflix has gotten good about adding upcoming movies to their database, so I can just "save" everything I'm interested in seeing, and it will pop into my queue when it becomes available.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

Well, then Honolulu is probably right out. We have a big screen tv, though.

The trailer looked awesome, but I do wonder: does it pass the Bechdel Test? Cuz all I saw was Hypatia and bunch'o'men. But, we can hope!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I kind of expect it to fail on that front, but not in a bad way, if that makes sense. It's about 4th-century Alexandria, and a woman in a traditionally masculine field. Which isn't to say there aren't ways to get more women into the story -- but they're kind of delicate ways, and so I won't be surprised if they don't happen. On the other hand, it looks like Hypatia is a strong and intelligent character -- strong because intelligent -- respected by at least some of the men around her, and that makes me happy.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

And, yeah, I have to Saved already on my Netflix queue.

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

...I saw "Hypatia" and instantly thought of Misty Lacky's space-faring archeologist. Who was named for the Alexandrian librarian, of course.

Writers have odd associations.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

As do readers, given the way you made that connection! But yes, it's true.

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

Limited US release. Came out in the rest of the world a while back. Couldn't find a US distributor due to its controversial content.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

The religious stuff, or something else?

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

The religious stuff. The villains are *of course* Christians. No US distributer wanted to touch it.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<sigh>

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

I've seen ads for this movie for some time and I so want to own/see it!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Looks like we'll have to wait a while.

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

Or you could bring home the DVD :)

[(Anonymous)]

A movie about a brainy chick in ancient Egypt. . . somehow I think I might like it. . . just maybe.


Tony

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Granted, it's kind of Greco-Roman Egypt by then. But still.

[aulus-poliutos.livejournal.com]

There seem to have been a few niches for women at that time. We got proof for at least two female Roman physicians in the Roman towns at the Rhine.

It took a long time until that was possible for a woman again - the first to get her doctorate in medicine was Dorothea Christiane von Erxleben in 1755.

[akashiver.livejournal.com]

It sounds really interesting! I'll have to try and see it.