 The slicker the technique is the slicker the content becomes, until everything turns into Formica, including the people.With its hand-held camera, anonymous locations, available lighting on 16mm (blown up to 35mm), and improvisation by a mostly amateur cast, critic Richard Brody considers "Wanda" to be not so much in the tone of the concurrent French New Wave, but more like the improvisational directorial work of John Cassavetes.Although Loden was one of the very few women directors of the late '60s/early '70s, she didn't consider "Wanda" a feminist film at the time she was working on it, saying