I think that, in a way, symbols like Barbie are important to be able to reflect back the enoughness of just being a girl, being a woman, being a person. And I think that's what I wanted to sort of explore in this movie, because Barbie's for so long been a symbol of the thing you could never be.
PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK ► day 4. favourite film - Little Women (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig
Women have minds and souls as well as hearts, ambition and talent as well as beauty and I’m sick of being told that love is all a woman is fit for. But... I am so lonely.
"It was really nice to get a lot of footage of her really making the room fresh and clean. It’s almost like she cares now. Before it didn’t seem like she cared, but she’s leaving something for her mom, who she hasn’t spoken to much for the summer. It’s not just change, it’s a clean slate. It means she’s going to go on to something new. And in the next few scenes, you see she starts using her real name. She starts using Christine instead of Lady Bird after she does that change for herself." x