IN ALL THEIR COMPLEXITY
THE FILMS OF KATE WINSLET
A talk looking back at the career of one of the finest screen actors of the last thirty years.
This talk, by Professor Maggie Andrews, of the Cinema Education Team, will explore, using a range of clips, some of the independent, Hollywood, British and Australasian films which have featured in Kate Winslet’s extensive and high-profile career, of more than thirty years. Her unquestionable acting talent has seen her portray complex, contradictory and often uncompromising versions of femininity on screen. From ‘Heavenly Creatures’ to ‘Lee’ all these texts have raised questions about the limitations and possibilities of contemporary womanhood. Whilst some of Winslet’s roles have been rooted in the gently feminist sensibilities of heritage drama, such as ‘Titanic’ and ‘A Little Chaos’, others have involved thornier problems: women’s illiteracy and culpability, as an SS Guard in ‘The Reader’, or the dangers of DIY abortions in ‘Revolutionary Road’. More recently, her seemingly fearless onscreen sexuality has opened up debates about gender, age, visibility and value, in ‘The Dressmaker’ and ‘Ammonite’.
100m inc Q&A
