A chronological overview of one of modern cinema's most celebrated directors,featuring interviews with Jane Campion herself
Jane Campion on Jane Campion offers a unique perspective on the creative process of one of cinema's greatest contemporary film directors. Through a series of interviews from the early days of Campion's career to her most recent projects,conducted by Michel Ciment,each chapter contains the study of a film: starting with the short films that Campion made during her studies at the Australian Film Television and Radio School,then moving through the Academy Award-winning The Piano,The Portrait of a Lady,Holy Smoke,In the Cut,Bright Star,the TV series Top of the Lake,and ending with her most recent film,the Academy Award-nominated The Power of the Dog.
Organized chronologically,film-by-film,the interviews are illustrated with film stills and photographs taken on set,as well as with annotated scripts,storyboards,and personal documents lent by Campion. The book also reproduces three short stories and a text about the poet John Keats written by the director,along with actress Holly Hunter's "Scattered Memories"of their collaboration on The Piano and Top of the Lake.
A detailed bibliography and filmography of the filmmaker complete this volume,which contains more than 300 color and black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: AbramsISBN: 9781419767593Dimensions: 229 x 276 mm
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