Vogue spoke with the veteran filmmaker about how feminism changed her life, her love of fashion, and why she felt “protected by creativity” in her youth.
Susan Seidelman didn’t set out to write a memoir. After 43 years living in New York City, the movie director had recently decamped to the “farmland” of New Jersey. “I’ve made fun of New Jersey in every single movie I’ve ever made,” she says, laughing, from her house in the Garden State. “I never thought I would move there.
It felt more meaningful than just talking about a specific scene. Well, there was a kind of protection for me in that mix of naiveté. I didn’t know how dangerous things could be. I didn’t come from an artistic family; I always felt a little different, and I admired the boldness of artists. You have to be bold. So that boldness also was a kind of protection, that you could do these crazy things in the name of art and you’d be safe.
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