JaneCampion'sThePiano(CambridgeFilmHandbooks)

JaneCampion'sThePianoisoneofthemostunusuallovestoriesinthehistoryofcinema.Thefilmswepttheworlduponitsrelease,winningawardsforitsperformances,script,anddirection,includingprestigiousCannesandAcademyAwardprizes.Rejectingvirtuallyeverystereotypeoftheromancegenre,itposesawhollynewsetofquestionsaboutrelationshipsbetweenmenandwomen,andmarriageinparticular,aswellasissuesrelatedtocolonialismandpropertyownership.ThisvolumeexaminesThePianofromavarietyofcriticalperspectives.Insixessays,speciallycommissionedforthisproject,aninternationalteamofscholarsexaminetopicssuchasthecontroversialrepresentationoftheMaori,theuseofmusicinthefilm,theportrayalofthemother-daughterrelationship,andthesignificanceofthefilmintermsofinternationalcinema,thecultureofNewZealand,andtheworkofJaneCampion.