In celebration of International Woman's Day, here's the latest entry in the Rotten Tomatoes series.
There are some interesting factoids about this scene included in the full interview that aren't covered in this video:
This story about the man in the wheelchair brought a tear to my eye. Also ironic timing considering that in another thread, a member was suggesting that because Wonder Woman is "half naked," she is less of a feminist symbol:
There are some interesting factoids about this scene included in the full interview that aren't covered in this video:
- Patty wanted to give Wonder Woman her own "Superman ripping his shirt to reveal the costume" moment to signify her birth
- The scene was shot in the dead of winter
- The title card for Columbia Pictures (with the woman holding a light above her head) inspired the framing and color grading of the scene
- After the movie was scored and completed, Patty called the studio and producers and pleaded for them to re-score No Man's Land. Rupert Gregson-Williams then wrote an entirely new piece for it, which is what made it into the movie
"For me, what was important was that Diana wants to be a hero from day one, but what it is to be a hero does not become clear to her until No Man's Land. Not until No Man's Land does it become: No, it's messy, the world is crazy, it's confusing, it's conflicted, and doing the right thing is incredibly hard and no one will come with you. And her saying, 'That's what I'm going to do,' and stepping up over the edge is despite the fact that you can't or you shouldn't and no one will support you. That was such a powerful way for her to step into being like Wonder Woman."
This story about the man in the wheelchair brought a tear to my eye. Also ironic timing considering that in another thread, a member was suggesting that because Wonder Woman is "half naked," she is less of a feminist symbol:
"There's this one fan interaction that really sticks out in my mind. I was at a screening at the Directors Guild of America Theater and a man was there in a wheelchair and he was sitting in the front row and wanted to talk to me after the screening. He reached out and he held my hand and he told me that so many times in the hospital he'd had to have help on crutches and he would have no clothing on and he would have to stand up and be helped out of his wheelchair. It took all the bravery that he had in the world, and when he saw Diana step over the edge in No Man's Land in just her Wonder Woman outfit, willing to brave the world, just like that, it was him. It felt like him and it made him cry and he got emotional as he was telling me. The fact that her decision to stand up and move forward, because she's an unlikely hero as a woman and as a vulnerable person, was striking that chord in other people."