A new biopc for the American actress who had already played Lady D in the film by Pablo Larraín. This time it will give face to one of the most revolutionary American intellectuals of our time
It will be the surprising Kristen Stewart to play Susan Sontag in the new film by Kirsten Johnson.
After taking on the role of Lady Diana in “Spencer” , a film signed by Pablo Larraín, the American actress will once again be the protagonist of a biopic, this time dedicated to a great name in women’s literature . A woman who changed society’s point of view on many of the hottest issues of our time.
Susan Sontag and the queer world
Some of his most famous works deal with AIDS and disease, photography and morality. Passed away in 2004 due to leukemia, the author and her lyrics have also left an important legacy in the queer world .
At the time of “Notes on Camp” (1964), an essay that earned her international fame, her words sound like the expression of new civil rights movements . Initially adopted by the gay community, the text has aroused the interest of the entire LGBTQ world over time.
Time also wrote about it at the time : “The modern dandy revels in a detached and delightful way in the vulgarity of mass culture. And the word is no longer dandyism. According to one of Manhattan’s brightest young intellectuals, writer Susan Sontag, the word is Camp .”
“Note on Camp”: the supremacy of heterosexuality falls
The volume is presented as an erudite disquisition of the American feminist philosopher. Starting from the figurative meaning of the word “Camp”, defined by the dictionary as “absurdly exaggerated style of personal or creative expression that often blends elements of high culture with popular culture”, Sontag explained that “Camp is a type of sensitivity that translates into love for the unnatural , the artifice, the excess”.
Here then that “Notes on Camp” proves to be a revolutionary text, capable of questioning the supremacy of heterosexuality . A treatise in 58 points that made its author a real celebrity at the time.
Kristen Stewart gives the face and voice of the writerWe are therefore talking about a strong, revolutionary, incredibly significant personality of our time, and it will be Kristen Stewart who will give a face and voice to her identity. She looks incredible, thinking back to her soap and water face of the shy “Bella”, protagonist of Twilight. But the innate ability to transform the American actress, who has already brilliantly played Lady D in the film “Spencer”, is undoubted.
As Variety reports, the feature film signed by Johnson, best known for her work in several famous documentaries such as “Citizenfour” and “The Oath”, is based on the biography written by Ben Moser, “ Sontag: Her Life and Work ” .
The screenplay will be adapted by the director herself and Lisa Kron, and the film will be produced by Brouhaha Entertainment. “We are ‘using’ Berlin (here in fact the filming started on the occasion of the Film Festival, last February, ed ) as a moment to kick off the project”, explained Gabrielle Tana, co-founder of Brouhaha Entertainment.
“It will be a drama, but with a documentary aspect. Kirsten has a wonderful approach to storytelling.”
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