James Cameron rectifies his criticisms of ‘Wonder Woman’: ‘A great action movie needed a great director’

Nearly six years after James Cameron complained about Wonder Woman’s costume, the director back to talking about women in the world of science fiction, this time with Time. Then she said it “Wonder Woman is an objectified icon, it’s male Hollywood business as usual. I’m not saying I don’t like the film, but for me it’s a step backwards.”

In the new interview, Cameron wants to be a champion of feminism within the great epics of cinema, although first he must clarify the statements that were made against him when he spoke of Patty Jenkins’ films: “I have no problem with ‘Wonder Woman’, I loved the movie”, he says, and explains what, according to him, he could not see in his day: “What I avoided saying at the time is that it’s okay if a woman wants to be beautiful and dress well, but not for the male gaze, but for her own gaze in the mirror, right? Maybe I skipped that part.” at the moment”Cameron confesses the ambiguity of his words.

To definitively settle the question of the costume of Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”), the director assumes the error in his speech: “You know, life is made of stumbles and people back out, we talk about it and things get better”Cameron says. Furthermore, he breaks a spear in favor of Jenkins, hurt by the words of the director of ‘Titanic’: “It was necessary for a great director to own a great action film”.

When it comes to Cameron talking about female directors, he shows a certain fondness for Kathryn Bigelow, who was his third wife. In 2010, Bigelow accomplished the historic feat of becoming the first female director to win an Oscar for ‘In Harsh Land’ (as well as the Best Picture award), but she’s been in the world of blockbusters since 1991’s ‘They Call Him Bodhi’ . . from then on, Bigelow has used the male psyche to create an entire filmography exploring its limits being a woman, something Cameron highly praises: “He would have turned down any superhero movie if the lead had been a woman, and that’s a more than healthy prospect… Why not let women direct male characters? Ask a woman to direct ‘Batman’”Cameron says.

The pregnant woman, a symbol

“There is nothing more primitive than a mother protecting her cub”says Cameron in the same chat with TIME, who confesses that she is fascinated by the concept of mothers. Her admiration for them began when hers returned home with a rifle after enlisting in the Canadian Army. From here the director built an entire imaginary world around this figure, having a special attraction towards semiotics that a pregnant woman hides: “Pregnancy is treated as a condition or affliction rather than a natural part of the human life cycle”from primeval times according to him: “Women could give birth and ten seconds later skewer a saber-toothed tiger attacking the field […] They had no choice, that’s how we evolved, if people don’t buy it, they have to investigate.”Cameron says.

The ‘Terminator’ director also addresses the similarity between the pregnant and fighting Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) in ‘A Quiet Place’ to the equally warlike and filmed Ronal (Kate Winslet) of ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’: “I had that idea before, I’m not trying to take credit for being first or anything like that, but I liked seeing[Blunt’s work]because it never happens in the rest of the movies,” Cameron points out, noting that he had already thought about it.