Favorite films which are clearly longer than 2 hours and were made by female directors

 

Favorite films which are clearly longer than 2 hours and were made by female directors

 

Though historically there are not many films which are longer than three hours and were made by female directors, hopefully more and more female directors will get more prominent status in the future and can easily find financial resources to make films which are as long as they want, including films which are longer than three hours.

 

The list here includes films which are clearly longer than 2 hours.

 

(in order of the names of the directors)

 

1.JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975, Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 202min)

 

2.ETERNALS (2021, Chloé Zhao, 156min)

 

3.THE WOODS DREAMS ARE MADE OF (2015, Claire Simon, France, documentary, 144min)

 

4.MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (2012, Deepa Mehta, Canada, 146min)

 

5.OM SHANTI OM (2007, Farah Khan, India, 162min)

 

6.LIBERATORS TAKE LIBERTIES (1992, Helke Sander, Germany, documentary, 192min)

 

7.CITIZEN JULING (2008, Ing K, Manich Sriwanichpoom, Kraisak Choonhavan, Thailand, documentary, 222 min) Ing K is a female director, though Manich and Kraisak are male.

 

8.AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (1990, Jane Campion, New Zealand, 158min)

 

9.LOVE AND DIANE (2021, Jennifer Dworkin, documentary, 155min)

 

10.WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (2022, Kasi Lemmons, 144min)

 

11.STRANGE DAYS (1995, Kathryn Bigelow, 145min)

 

12.ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012, Kathryn Bigelow, 157min)

 

13.TONI ERDMANN (2016, Maren Ade, Germany, 162min)

 

14.VANITY FAIR (2004, Mira Nair, 141min)

 

15.TRUE MOTHERS (2020, Naomi Kawase, Japan, 140min)

 

16.WONDER WOMAN (2017, Patty Jenkins, 141min)

 

17.WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020, Patty Jenkins, 151min)

 

18.BLUE AGAIN (2022, Thapanee Loosuwan, Thailand, 190min)

 

19.MADAME X: AN ABSOLUTE RULER (1978, Ulrike Ottinger, Tabea Blumenschein, 137min, West Germany)

 

20.DORIAN GRAY IN THE MIRROR OF THE YELLOW PRESS (1984, Ulrike Ottinger, West Germany, 150min)

 

21. JOAN OF ARC OF MONGOLIA (1989, Ulrike Ottinger, West Germany, 165min)

 

I still need to see

 

1.TAIGA (1992, Ulrike Ottinger, 8 hours 21 mins)

 

2.EXILE SHANGHAI (1997, Ulrike Ottinger, 4 hours 35 mins)

 

3.SOUTHEAST PASSAGE (2002, Ulrike Ottinger, 6 hours 3 mins)

 

4.TWELVE CHAIRS (2004, Ulrike Ottinger, 3 hours 18 mins)

 

5.CHAMISSO’S SHADOW (2016, Ulrike Ottinger, 12 hours)

 

In the end, I want to say that it doesn’t matter to me whether any films were directed by a man or a woman, or how long any films are. I love any film which can satisfy me, no matter which gender its director belong to or no matter how long it is.

 

My most favorite films of all time include short films, such as

 

ALL MY LIFE (1966, Bruce Baillie, 3min)

 

TAKE THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND (1976, Bruce Conner, 6min)

 

CD (1997, Campanilla, Spain, 1min)

 

THE FESTIVAL OF DEMON SPIRIT (2011,Sittiporn Racha, 90 seconds)

 

GHOSTS IN THE CLASSROOM (2012, Ukrit Sa-nguanhai, 3min)

 

And long films, such as

 

HOMELAND (IRAQ YEAR ZERO) (2015, Abbas Fahdel, Iraq, documentary, 5 hours 34 mins)

 

SATANTANGO (1994, Béla Tarr, Hungary, 7 hours 19 mins)

 

HITLER: A FILM FROM GERMANY (1977, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, West Germany, 7 hours 22 mins)

 

EVOLUTION OF A FILIPINO FAMILY (2004, Lav Diaz, Philippines, 10 hours 43 mins)

 

OUT 1 (1971, Jacques Rivette, France, 12 hours 56mins)