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Jane Campion is a New Zealand screenwriter and director known for her distinctive female perspective and profound understanding of the art of film. Born on April 30, 1954, she has been active in the film industry since the 1980s. Campion gained international acclaim with her film 'The Piano,' which won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Director, making her the first woman to receive this honor.

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“I think this is interesting, us human creatures are capable of love, and it's a very powerful emotion. It also can go awfully wrong.”

Thinking Humans Interesting Powerful Emotion Creatures Capable Very Powerful Powerful Emotions

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“Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.”

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“But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.”

Thinking Giving Different Film Responsibility Storytelling Plot Makers Inferiors Portraits Short Films

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“I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.”

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Book:The piano

Source: The piano

“But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.”

Thinking Political Clear Modern Orientation Modern Politics

Book:Jane Campion: Interviews

Source: Jane Campion: Interviews

“I think I made good movies.”

Thinking Made Good Movie

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“I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.”

Ifs Thinking Interesting

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“I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.”

Thinking Way Whole Moments Tension Romanticism

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“And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.”

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“One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about. I don't think that men see things wrong and women right, just that we do see things differently.”

Thinking Men Different Real Women Fantasy Learning Seeing Directors Perception Men And Women Cinema Filmmaker Movie Portraying Portrayal Real Women Women Right

Book:Jane Campion: Interviews

Source: Jane Campion: Interviews

“I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas.”

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“I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too.”

Thinking Hard Film Courses Audience Television Conservative Features Things To Do Hard Things

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“I think women don't grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin.”

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“If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get hold of it. I don't think there's any harm in that at all.”

Ifs Thinking Ideas Film Concepts Harm Phrases Good Ideas

Author:Jane Campion

“There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way.”

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Born: April 30, 1954
Known for: Screenwriter
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