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Early on in the conference, a reporter asked Swinton about her red-carpet looks.
A lot of thought goes into how you look on the red carpet, he said.
Do you think its time the dress code was shaken up for men?
Swinton was having none of it.
Im not aware of any dress code on the red carpet, she said wryly.
And I think men all look spectacular all the time.
Especially wearing [Swintons frequent collaborator and designer]Haider Ackermann.
Swinton was quiet for a moment.
Women have been making films for 11 decades now, she said.
There are countless films out there.
Why dont we necessarily know about them?
We have women filmmakers.
Some are working bars, some are still in school, some cant get into school.
But thats where we need to start.
We need to look at the canon, appreciate it, stream it.
Then it will exist amongst us.
Its not some other thing that we have to somehow find.
It all exists we just have to pay attention to it and bring it up.
On her way out, another male journalist stopped her and asked her how she never seems to age.
You know Im a vampire, she said, before walking away.
