The piano /
With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost fe...
| Uniform Title: | Piano (Motion picture : 1993) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English Maori |
| Language Notes: | English and Maori dialogue; English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Published: |
[New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2022]
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| Series: | Criterion collection.
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| Summary: | With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and a sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion. |
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| Item Description: | Title from sell sheet. Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: new conversation between Campion and film critic Amy Taubin; new interviews with Dryburgh and production designer Andrew McAlpine; interview with actor Holly Hunter on working with Campion; The piano at 25, a program featuring a conversation between Campion and producer Jan Chapman; excerpts from an interview with costume designer Janet Patterson; Water diary, a 2006 short film by Campion; trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for moments of extremely graphic sexuality. |
| ISBN: | 9781681439082 1681439085 |