Genevieve Lemon
Series
Criterion collection volume 1158
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between...
2) Sweetie
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jane Campion, director of The Piano, will always be remembered for this stunning debut feature. The focus of this film is the hazardous relationship between button-down, superstitious Kay, and her rampaging sister, 'Sweetie.'
3) The piano
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Just one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano.
4) The piano
Publisher
Miramax, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Just one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano.
5) Sweet River
Author
Language
English
Description
Hana's search for her son's body leads her to the sleepy town of Billing, where her investigations uncover more than she expected and threaten to expose the town's secrets... secrets that both the living and the dead will fight to protect.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"By day, middle-aged divorcee Billy Apples operates a failing hardware store. By night, he's the decidedly mediocre singer of a local jazz band. One starry night, Billy magically begins to sing in a voice exactly like that of his idol, Billie Holiday. But when his odd new gift brings him instant fame and fortune, Billy's simple life becomes crazily complicated. Can this most unlikely hero find his true voice and still enjoy life at the top?"--Container....
