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DVD : The Piano [1993]
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The Piano [1993] starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker directed by: Jane Campion |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 9780784011171 Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, PAL ISBN: 0784011176 Label: Live/Artisan Manufacturer: Live/Artisan Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Live/Artisan Release Date: January 20, 1998 Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Live/Artisan Theatrical Release Date: November 12, 1993 Sales Rank: 50135 MPN: IVED60462D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Jane Campion's The Piano struck a deep chord (if you'll excuse the expression) with audiences in 1993, who were mesmerised by the film's rich, dreamlike imagery. It is the story of a Scottish woman named Ada (Holly Hunter), who has been mute since age 6 because she simply chose not to speak. Ada travels with her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano to a remote spot on the coast of New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a farmer (Sam Neill). She gives piano lessons to a gruff neighbor (Harvey Keitel) who has Maori tattoos on his face, and, well, things develop from there. The picture takes on a powerful dream logic that simply defies synopsis. It's a breathtakingly beautiful and original achievement from Campion, a unique stylist. The Piano won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Hunt, Paquin and Campion's screenplay. --Jim Emerson Amazon.co.uk Review: Jane Campion's The Piano struck a deep chord (if you'll excuse the expression) with audiences in 1993, who were mesmerised by the film's rich, dreamlike imagery. It is the story of a Scottish woman named Ada (Holly Hunter), who has been mute since age 6 because she simply chose not to speak. Ada travels with her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano to a remote spot on the coast of New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a farmer (Sam Neill). She gives piano lessons to a gruff neighbor (Harvey Keitel) who has Maori tattoos on his face and, well, things develop from there. The picture takes on a powerful dream logic that simply defies synopsis. It's a breathtakingly beautiful and original achievement from Campion, a unique stylist. The Piano won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Hunt, Paquin and Campion's screenplay. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - The PianoI had this film on video tape, and it has been watched, and loaned out to friends so many times, it's worn out. So, I had to but the DVD!!!!!!!!!!! The special edition DVD is fascinating because if you already love the film, you are given an insight into the mind of the writer. I also loved watching the interview with the composer, being a keen piano player. The film is quite dark, dramatic and moody and the music is beautiful, matching perfectly the whole feel of the movie. Oh, and Holly Hunter actually plays the piano! Buy it!You won't be disappointed. Rating: - Book? What book?I am not sure what others are referring to when they say this film is not as good as the 'book it is based upon' - because The Piano is a total original. The screenplay is not based on a book and was written directly for the screen (which is also one of the three Oscars it deservedly won). I believe there may have been a novelisation that followed the film, but the fierce artistic vision that Campion committed to celluloid is where it all starts - it is won that invites people to unravel it's mysteries, but remains ambiguous and untenable enough that they never really can be. An amazing film. Rating: - Amazing performances, beautifully haunting movie...The Piano is an amazing tale of lust, envy, jealousy, betrayal and female identity and independence. Set in the mid nineteenth century, Ada McGrath is shipped off with her daughter Flora and their scant belongings to New Zealand, the reason being her arranged marriage to a somewhat successful land owner. Ada's beloved piano makes the journey with her. The visually haunting opening scene of her arrival on the beach is perhaps one of the most haunting movie openings I think I've ever seen. From the beginning you sense her suffocating sense of misplacement and isolation, her sense of being out of place in the rain drenched, mud soaked South Island is overpowering (you have to remember this was way back when the area was hardly populated ... Read More: Rating: - HAUNTINGI've had this CD for a few years now. Still haunting. Still captivating. Surreal... beautiful, beautiful music. Each individual piece able to conjur up feelings of passion, longing, sadness or happiness. The first thing I did after I watched the movie is to buy the sountrack. Simple as that. Enjoy ! Rating:  - Minor Chord StruckIt is understandable that movies cannot be the same as the book they are based on, however, in this one a number of important parts from the book were left out that would have given more meaning to the movie - especially the reasons for Ada chosing to remain mute. Not a bad movie, but rather read the book! |
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