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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jane Campion |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1990 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Criterion |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Australia, Biography [feature], Color, Compassionate, Drama, Earnest, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Feminist Film, Heartwarming, High Artistic Quality, Movie, New Zealand, Not For Children, Profanity, Psychological Drama, Reflective |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 715515016124 |
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Customer Reviews of An Angel at My Table - Criterion Collection
A Portrait of an Artist "An Angel at My Table" (1990) made by Jane Campion is a true life-story of Janet Frame (1924-2004), New Zealand's most famous author. The film starts with young Jane, a funny -looking red haired girl, shy and quiet who knew too well that she was "poor, smelly, and unpopular". Then it follows her to misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and more than 200 electroshock treatments in a mental hospital where she had spent eight years and a severe, lifelong shyness that was her only problem. Even in the hospital she was writing and was able to have her book published - writing did save her from losing her mind. The film is based on three of her memoirs, "To the Is-land", "An Angel at My Table" and "The Envoy from Mirror City". <
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>Jane Campion made a very affecting and quietly powerful portrait of a writer who also was a gentle and genuinely humble woman. The film is never a sentimental manipulating story of a talented but misunderstood artist. It does not idealize Frame but it is a very honest and sympathetic portrait of an artist. <
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Writers, take note: Here is a very, very rare example of the creative spirit--and the creative process--captured on film. This story of the formative years of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most celebrated poet and novelist, is fascinating from start to finish.
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>Director Jane Campion's great achievement (aided immeasurably by three marvelous actresses playing Janet Frame at various ages) is to bring to a wide audience a sense of what it is like to be a creative artist. Watch Janet throughout her odd, harrowing, uplifting early years, and you will see the evolution of a true genius, a human sponge who soaks up all her experiences (good and bad) and converts them into gorgeous words. Rarely has a film been able to illustrate this so convincingly.
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>I recommend this film to anyone interested in the nature of genius. But for writers, in particular, it is required viewing.
A very nice biographical film
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
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>"An Angel at My Table" is a film based on the autobiographies of the famous New Zealand writer, Janet Frame. It begins with her as a toddler and moves to her in elementary school, as a teenager, and her adulthood.
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>It is a nice movie and has great scenes of New Zealand. The film has good acting in it and is well photographed.
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>There are some good bonus features too.
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>Audio commentary by director Jane Campion, actress Kerry Fox, and cinematographer, Stuart Dryburgh, Six deleted scenes, a theatrical trailer a documentary on the film's production, a stills gallery, and an audio interview with Janet Frame.
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>This is a must see for those interested in Janet Frame.