Jane Campion [electronic resource] : authorship and personal cinema / Alistair Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Alistair.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campion, Jane, 1954---Criticism and interpretation.

Campion, Jane.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Jane Campion : authorship & personal cinema

Place of Publication:

Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alistair Fox explores the dynamics of the creative process involved in cinematic representation in the films of Jane Campion, one of the most highly regarded of contemporary filmmakers. Utilizing a wealth of new material -- including interviews with Campion and her sister and personal writings of her mother -- Fox traces the connections between the filmmaker's complex background and the thematic preoccupations of her films, from her earliest short, Peel, to 2009's Bright Star. He establishes how Campio

Contents:

Introduction: authorship, creativity, and personal cinema

Origins of a problematic: the Campion family

The "tragic underbelly" of the family: fantasies of transgression in the early films

Living in the shadow of the family tree: Sweetie

"How painful it is to have a family member with a problem like that": authorship as creative adaptation in An angel at my table

Traumas of separation and the encounter with the phallic other: The piano

The misfortunes of an heiress: The portrait of a lady

Exacting revenge on "cunt men": Holy smoke as sexual fantasy

"That which terrifies and attracts simultaneously": Killing daddy in the cut

Lighting a lamp: loss, art, and transcendence in The water diary and Bright star

Conclusion: theorizing the personal component of authorship.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

1-283-23579-X

9786613235794

0-253-00087-4

OCLC:

735596242