she s putting female sexuality at the centre of the world. lady boss, a documentary by british director laura fairrie, re examines collins feminist legacy. she had access to the author s diaries for the movie and the recollections of her three daughters. its neon pink branding is as reminiscent of the 80s as the bouffant hair and shoulder pads collins herself would sport. how long did it take to make the film? over a period of, like, 2.5 years. we meet in west london, the part of the world where jackie collins was born in 1937, and often returned to, despite her career in los angeles. what s interesting is that throughout her life, she was never really given the recognition that she deserved. she was called the queen of sleaze or you know, the author of the bonkbuster and kind of looked down upon a lot by critics. it s evil, really. what? the books that you | write, quite frankly. laughter. but that s to forget
premiere for a documentary on the british born author jackie collins who died in 2015. dismissed by some as a queen of sleaze, this well made film tries to explore collins as a feminist icon. emma jones went to meet the director of this tribeca documentary on her home turf in london. one of the most successful authors and publishing history. jackie collins sold half a billion copies of her novels and epitomised the excess of hollywood in the 1980s through her biggest selling book, hollywood wives. she s putting female sexuality at the centre of the world. lady boss, a documentary by british director laura fairrie, re examines collins feminist legacy. she had access to the author s diaries for the movie and the recollections of her three daughters. its neon pink branding is as reminiscent of the 80s as the bouffant hair and shoulder
although it does star double oscar winner, sir anthony hopkins. jackie collins was also the screenwriter behind adaptations of some of her novels, including 1979 s the stud, which revitalised her sisterjoan s career. vanessa was disappointed in your performance too. or rather the lack of it. so, is it true that jackie collins, if she had the breaks, would have liked to become a director? she talked about it in the 80s, she was writing the scripts for the hollywood miniseries of her books and you would often see her in photographs in her chair, you know, she would be on set with her name on the back of the chair, but secretly, i think, you know, she would have liked to have directed and it s interesting that she didn t actually seem to get that opportunity. her work fell out of fashion in the 1990s, but six years after her death from cancer in 2015, collins s stories are finding a place again in the post me too media industry. i think that she would have loved
at the centre of the world. lady boss, a documentary by british director laura fairrie, re examines collins feminist legacy. she had access to the author s diaries for the movie and the recollections of her three daughters. its neon pink branding is as reminiscent of the 80s as the bouffant hair and shoulder pads collins herself would sport. how long did it take to make the film? over a period of, like, 2.5 years. we meet in west london, the part of the london where jackie collins was born in 1937 and often returned to, despite her career in los angeles. what s interesting is that throughout her life, she was never really given the recognition that she deserved. she was called the queen of sleaze or you know, the author of the bonkbuster and kind of looked down upon a lot by critics. it s evil, really. what? the books that you | write, quite frankly. laughter. but that s to forget the fact that, you know, she sold over 500 million copies of her books