Jane Campion Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• 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.

  Jane Campion

  Responsibility, Thinking, Giving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my lack of experience with the era. And one of the ways I'd get over it is to remind myself that every film, even if it's contemporary, creates its own world.

  Jane Campion

  Stars, Sadness, Piano

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. September 22, 2009.

• I had this spooky psychological thing about 'The Piano' before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because a film tends to set up the way people are going to behave.

  Jane Campion

  Nuts, Piano, People

• 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.

  Jane Campion

  Thinking, Television, Conservative

  "Jane Campion Says Feature Films Can Be Conservative". www.theguardian.com. October 09, 2012.

• 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.

  Jane Campion

  Growing Up, Men, Thinking

  "Cannes 2012: Why have no female film directors been nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes?" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2012.

• I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.

  Jane Campion

  Ocean, Piano, Goal

• I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

  Jane Campion

  Fun, Character, Play

• 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.

  Jane Campion

  Thinking, Ideas, Phrases

  "Anna Makes It a Family Business / Jane Campion's sister's debut film is `Loaded'" by Mick La Salle, www.sfgate.com. April 17, 1996.

• I did this Super-8 film at art school called Tissues, this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.

  Jane Campion

  Art, Children, Father

  "New Again: Jane Campion". Interview with Katherine Dieckmann, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 30, 2012.

• The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative.

  Jane Campion

  Struggle, Writing, Piano

  "New Again: Jane Campion". Interview with Katherine Dieckmann, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 30, 2012.

• 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.

  Jane Campion

  Thinking, Order, Ideas

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. September 22, 2009.

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