Q&A: ‘Barbie’ filmmaker Greta Gerwig on art, commerce and embracing the mess

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Published July 20, 2023 9:56 AM

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker of “Little Women” and “Lady Bird” didn’t know that movies would ever come back and it was out of that sadness of being alone and the worry that maybe no one would ever make movies again that “Barbie” was born. Her “Barbie,” which releases in theaters on Friday stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Gerwig spoke to the AP this week about the film, the reviews and the tension between art and commerce.

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