The Piano (1993)
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Wikidata Q117315, film, IMDb tt0107822, TMDB 713: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Jane Campion as director (An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens); 3 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
In the store as #663, The Piano (1993).
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Dana Stevens: 2 lines in An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens
- David Sims: 1 line in An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Blank Check — Patreon
- Jourdain Searles: 1 line in In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free)
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Holly Hunter: 2 lines people ×1 career ×1
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people (cast credit):
Holly Hunter → The Piano.
Dana praises the imagery, Hunter, Keitel and script.
“Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, all of that stuff, the storytelling.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:13:59 · Dana Stevens (0.60 sure it was them)
An Angel at My Table: 1 line career ×1
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career (career sequencing):
An Angel at My Table → The Piano.
The next film is The Piano, where Campion becomes the first woman to win the Palme d'Or.
“it's also the movie after this is, uh, the piano, where she becomes the 1st woman to win the palm door.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:13:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
In the Cut: 1 line people ×1
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people (people):
In the Cut → The Piano.
The hosts note Campion's earlier film The Piano has been covered already in the miniseries.
“It's also funny now that the piano is behind us and we're covering in the cut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
Jane Campion: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Jane Campion → The Piano.
The Piano worked wonders despite Hunter's unlikely casting; In the Cut did not.
“it is just kind of astonishing that the piano worked so well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:18:57 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
Michael Nyman: 1 line people ×1
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people (composer credit (criticized)):
Michael Nyman → The Piano.
Dana thinks the score is overused and imposing, a major problem for her.
“I dont like the music by, is it by Michael Nyman?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:13:32 · Dana Stevens (0.70 sure it was them)
Philip Glass: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (score comparison):
The Piano → Philip Glass.
The Piano's score is like a Philip Glass score: if you dislike it you are in trouble.
“it's kind of like a Philip Glass score, something where it's like, if you don't like it, you're in trouble”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:13:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Stuart Driver: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
Stuart Driver → The Piano.
A speaker names Stuart Driver (as transcribed) as the person who shot The Piano, in the run-up to the film.
“Yeah, sorry, Stuart Driver shot.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:12:48 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons, first at 1:41:44, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens, first at 0:00:46, 9 times
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park, first at 0:47:59, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 2:04:15, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:23:07, 1 time
- recommended in The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’, first at 0:48:13, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free), first at 0:06:53, 10 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (3)
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career (career sequencing):
An Angel at My Table → The Piano.
The next film is The Piano, where Campion becomes the first woman to win the Palme d'Or.
“it's also the movie after this is, uh, the piano, where she becomes the 1st woman to win the palm door.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:13:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Holly Hunter → The Piano.
Hunter and Kidman did their provocative roles (The Piano, Dead Calm) early, so audiences accepted them.
“Holly Hunter did the piano early on.”
Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:55:23 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Jane Campion → The Piano.
The Piano worked wonders despite Hunter's unlikely casting; In the Cut did not.
“it is just kind of astonishing that the piano worked so well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:18:57 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
craft (2)
-
craft (craft):
Stuart Driver → The Piano.
A speaker names Stuart Driver (as transcribed) as the person who shot The Piano, in the run-up to the film.
“Yeah, sorry, Stuart Driver shot.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:12:48 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (score comparison):
The Piano → Philip Glass.
The Piano's score is like a Philip Glass score: if you dislike it you are in trouble.
“it's kind of like a Philip Glass score, something where it's like, if you don't like it, you're in trouble”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:13:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
people (3)
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people (composer credit (criticized)):
Michael Nyman → The Piano.
Dana thinks the score is overused and imposing, a major problem for her.
“I dont like the music by, is it by Michael Nyman?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:13:32 · Dana Stevens (0.70 sure it was them) -
people (cast credit):
Holly Hunter → The Piano.
Dana praises the imagery, Hunter, Keitel and script.
“Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, all of that stuff, the storytelling.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:13:59 · Dana Stevens (0.60 sure it was them) -
people (people):
In the Cut → The Piano.
The hosts note Campion's earlier film The Piano has been covered already in the miniseries.
“It's also funny now that the piano is behind us and we're covering in the cut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Sam Neill: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- Jane Campion: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
- Jane Campion: director (Blank Check — Patreon, In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free))
- Michael Nyman: composer (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
- Holly Hunter: actress (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
- Holly Hunter: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free))
- Harvey Keitel: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
- Harvey Keitel: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
- Harvey Keitel: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Philip Glass: composer, compared to Nyman's score (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
- Stuart Driver: cinematographer (said: 'Stuart Driver shot'; name as transcribed) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)