Jane Campion's The Piano is one of the most unusual love stories in the history of cinema. The film swept the world upon its release, winning awards for its performances, script, and direction, including prestigious Cannes and Academy Award prizes. Rejecting virtually every stereotype of the romance genre, it poses a wholly new set of questions ...
With the phenomenal success of "The Piano" (1993), Jane Campion became revered by many as the leading female film director of the 1990s. In this book, Dana Polan examines the phenomenon of "The Piano" and how it develops from the early shorts and first features which evoke an often surreal and critical distanced style of looking at everyday issues ...
The subversive style of the woman who has become one of the world's greatest film directors From Jane Campion's early award-winning short films on through international sensation "The Piano" and beyond, Kathleen McHugh traces the director's distinctive visual style as well as her commitment to consistently renovating the conventions of " women's ...
Jane Campion is one of the most celebrated auteurs of modern cinema and was the first female director to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or. Throughout her relatively short career, Campion has received extraordinary attention from the media and scholars alike and has provoked fierce debates on issues such as feminism, colonialism, and ...
In films that are sharply focused on singular women, Jane Campion has gained worldwide admiration and respect. Her films include "Sweetie", "An Angel At My Table" and "The Piano". In this collection of interviews she talks about her work.
This is an innovative collection of original essays on Jane Campion, renowned female amateur filmmaker. In "Jane Campion: Cinema, Nation, Identity" a diverse group of contributors challenge the view that Campion's body of work lacks coherence or unity to instead examine the important characteristics and themes that underlie it. Editors Hilary ...
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