Elaine May's genius and marginalization in Hollywood finally recognized in new retrospective
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Guardian staff reporter
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A retrospective on filmmaker Elaine May highlights her genius and the marginalization she faced in Hollywood, particularly around her deeply personal 1976 gangster film Mikey and Nicky. The article details her struggles with Paramount Pictures over creative control, including a dramatic attempt to sell the film to a phony production company. Collaborators and contemporaries explain how May blazed a trail for female directors despite being punished for her ambition, and how her work is finally receiving long-overdue recognition.
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· 3 pulledIn a desperate move to retain control, the director sold the film out from under Paramount to Alyce Films, a phoney production company reportedly set up by May, the film's star, Peter Falk, and a number of other co-conspirators.
Marginalized for her 'immense ambition', the genius of director Elaine May is finally being recognized
As a new retrospective opens, collaborators of the Mikey and Nicky film-maker explain how she blazed a trail for female directors in Hollywood
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