Description
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 Campion's deep investment in family relationships informs her aesthetic strategies, revealed in everything from the handling of shots and lighting, to the complex system of symbolic images repeated from one film to the next.
Author: Alistair Fox
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 03/28/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.11w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780253223012
ISBN10: 0253223016
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
About the Author
Alistair Fox is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago.