Women of the Year
Time|March 11, 2024
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Women of the Year

Greta Gerwig

DIRECTING HERSELF

By Sam Lansky/London

THE FILMMAKER GRETA GERWIG WAS IN WEST London the other day when she walked past a movie set - not her own, but something that just happened to be filming on the street - and stopped for a moment to watch. A light was positioned in front of the house; a car pulled up and an actor got out, shaking the gates and yelling. There was an intensity to the scene, and a vulnerability to his performance. Then, abruptly, the spell was broken. Someone yelled: "Cut! Going again." A groomer ran out to fix the actor's hair, a mundane but crucial bit of business.

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