{"product_id":"jane-campion-kathleen-mchugh-9780252074479","title":"Jane Campion","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn considering Jane Campion's early award-winning short films on through international sensation \u003ci\u003eThe Piano\u003c\/i\u003e and beyond, Kathleen McHugh traces the director's distinctive visual style as well as her commitment to consistently renovating the conventions of \"women's films.\" By refusing to position her female protagonists as victims, McHugh argues, Campion scrupulously avoids the moral structures of melodrama, and though she often works with the narratives, mise-en-scene, and visual tropes typical of that genre, her films instead invite a distanced or even amused engagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Campion\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with four brief, revelatory interviews and a filmography. Campion spoke twice with Michel Ciment--after the screening of her short and medium-length films at the Cannes Film Festival 1986, and three years later, after the Cannes screening of \u003ci\u003eSweetie.\u003c\/i\u003e Judith Lewis narrates a Beverly Hills interview with Campion that followed the release of \u003ci\u003eHoly Smoke, \u003c\/i\u003e and Lizzie Francke's interview, reprinted from \u003ci\u003eSight and Sound, \u003c\/i\u003ecenters on Campion's film \u003ci\u003eIn the Cut, \u003c\/i\u003e adapted from Susanna Moore's novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA volume in the series Contemporary Film Directors, edited by James R. Naremore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen McHugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252074475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252074479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.61w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2007 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 18","brand":"Kathleen McHugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447607046399,"sku":"9780252074479","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69aaf502-2fc4-4e36-879a-69e963c0efc6.jpg?v=1777233819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jane-campion-kathleen-mchugh-9780252074479","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}