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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
And watch more movies by women. (http://fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors.tumblr.com)
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
This is IMPORTANT. Artists are only allowed to flourish with our financial backing. REFUSE to support men who harm women.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Here’s a list of @A24’s films (http://a24films.com/films/). Don't talk about them & don’t support them.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Swiss Army Man? If you were going to see that movie there’s already little hope for you, but how about this? Stop talking about it.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Green Room? The Witch? Stop taking about them.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
The Light Between Oceans? Stop talking about it.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
I don’t care that The Lobster is the best movie you’ve seen all year. Stop talking about it.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
#StopSupportingAbusers2k16
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
[…] Hollywood is willing to turn a blind eye because it really loved Room.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Despite allegations that Lyon is abusive on set. Despite the Very Real possibility that Minna Marks may be under the same threat […]
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
They have enough money and power to silence victims into submission, and frequently do so.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Don’t be fooled. You are smarter than this. You know how Hollywood works.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
cont: Please forgive my attempt to tarnish what you’ve built. I truly regret it.”
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Quote: “You were gracious and helpful. In my resentment, I more than misstepped, I threw myself off a cliff.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
The actress released an apology for “allowing her emotions to cloud her better judgement”. She also apologized directly to @FrancisLyon.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Buzzfeed was asked to remove the letter under the threat of legal action.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
@FrancisLyon ABUSED an actress because he could. And for all of her bravery, the actress was silenced.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Michael Bay ABUSED Megan Fox in her audition for, and on the set of, Transformers because he could.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Let’s be clear: Sexual abuse does not have to be physical in nature. Using your power to proposition desperate women is ABUSE.
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cont: The next day my agent gave me the news. They were passing on me for the role.”
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Quote: “I planned to sleep with him but couldn’t go through with it. I asked if I could audition again and [Lyon] laughed at me.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
The actress revealed she invited Lyon to her hotel room and he accepted.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Quote: "The implication was clear. Not sleeping with him meant no role, no work, no money, no rent, no food. He knew this and used it."
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
cont: He squeezed my thigh and told me my audition wasn’t good enough, but it could be.”
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cont: The look on his face. He knew he could serve me for dinner and I’d let him. So he got up, and put his hand on my knee.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Quote: “I wanted it so badly if [Lyon] asked me to run across the desert barefoot I would have. I made the mistake of telling him this.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
The letter documents the actress’ (who will remain anonymous) pursuit of the lead role in @FrancisLyon’s film, The Light Beyond Oceans.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Feb. 26, 2015. Said story is posted in an open letter format, titled “Dear Aspiring Actress, Beware of Lions and Wolves”.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Feb. 14, 2015. An actress emails me because she has a story she would like Buzzfeed to run.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
And that line from Superbad?
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
What’s that line from The Social Network? "The Internet's not written in pencil [...] it's written in ink."
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
She likens him to O’Russell and Bay, two interesting choices considering the physical and sexual nature of allegations made against Lyon.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
2) Lyon has been dodging rumors about his alleged abuse, on and off set, for years. But Marks’ e-mails may provide the confirmation we need.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
1) Lyon’s abuse extends farther than his own sets. He’s unstable & disrupts the work of others to physically assault actor, Andrew Bates.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
This is despite two telling reveals.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
While Marks was vilified for speaking her mind and daring to be nude (2 things women are not allowed to be), Lyon has escaped unscathed.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Earlier this month actress Minna Marks’ email was hacked. See Buzzfeed’s coverage of it here: (http://goo.gl/Eeaky1).
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
There’s a reason I’m bringing this up and it has to with @FrancisLyon. Writer, director, co-founder of @A24.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
How many times do we have to go over this? Women should not have to suffer to further the artistic pursuits of men.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
All parties choose to ignore the abuse of women for fear of tainting (or offending) ~great artists~.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Hollywood knows this. Film critics know this. Cinephiles know this.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Remember when you’re watching The Shining that Duvall’s fear, her exhaustion, the hair falling out of her head is not acting. It’s REAL.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Kubrick’s documented verbal abuse was directed at actress (read: female actor) Shelley Duvall to "get a better performance".
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Remember when you’re watching The Birds that you’re watching a real woman being abused in real time. But this isn’t about Hitchcock.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Hitchcock, and male crew, hurled live birds towards actress (read: female actor) Tippi Hedren’s face. Her injuries and terror? Not acting.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
You made time to power through The Fountain. Make time to read this. #thisisimportantshit
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Nothing I say about Arofonksy will be as damming as Tad Friend’s profile in The New Yorker (http://goo.gl/iKVAlD)
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
But this isn't about von Trier.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
We know this because von Trier has spoken about this letter with glee. His ability to terrify actresses (read: female actors) EXCITES him.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
After Nicole Kidman was cast in Dogville, Bjork sent a letter begging her not to take the role because “[von Trier] would eat her soul”.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
Nazi-sympathizer von Trier, nicknamed by film crews as “the punisher”, tortured Bjork so badly she quit acting.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
I’m not interested in their contributions to modern (American) cinema bc your faves aren’t problematic they’re Abusive. Cinephiles #comeatme
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
But I also hate Stanley Kubrick, and Lars von Trier, and Darren Aronofsky, and Alfred Hitchcock.
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Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24
It’s no secret. I hate David O Russell. I hate Woody Allen. I hate Michael Bay.
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