Word: campion
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...piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach while behind it a towering wall of sea waves threaten to obliterate it. That singularly haunting image is at the core of Jane Campion's new film "The Piano." The hoary proverb which states that a picture is worth a thousand words could not be more appropriate. The value of silence, of nonverbal communication, is essential to the theme of Campion's film, which depicts a world in which images and music count as much as words...
Although she was a complete novice, Paquin handled the work well. "She's a completely dignified person," says Jane Campion, The Piano's writer and director. "Before we started we heard there's always a crisis point with young actors where they lose it, about halfway or three-quarters of the way through. We kept waiting for that to happen, but it never did." In fact, Campion recalls the only time Paquin got "a bit teary" was the first day of shooting when her mom had to return home; an ice-cream break solved the problem, and filming proceeded...
BEST PERFORMANCE IN ARMANI AND A HEADSET. How did the agents do? Of the seven winners in the acting, writing and directing categories, CAA represents three (Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Jane Campion), ICM two (Holly Hunter and Tommy Lee Jones), and the little-known Harold Greene Agency one (Schindler's List screenwriter Steven Zaillian). Eleven-year-old Anna Paquin is represented by the even-less-known Double Happy agency of New Zealand. The William Morris Agency was shut...
...romanticism that the film depicts. Trufaut's movie has been tremendously influential, and all sorts of directors have taken inspiration from it. There is a lovely scene where the party goes bicycle riding, and which Philip Kaufman later took up in "Henry and June." Anyone who has seen Jane Campion's "The Piano" will experience the shock of recognition when Truffaut shows a scene of Jules cutting wood outside his chalet and giving it to Sabine to carry in her arms while Jim and Catherine make love upstairs...
...Kane Campion. "The Piano"--Two Oscar strike: 1)female 2)not Spielberg...