Jane Campion

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q230448: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Two Friends (1986); Sweetie (1989); An Angel at My Table (1990); The Piano (1993); Portrait of a Lady (1996); In the Cut (2003); Bright Star (2009); Top of the Lake (2013); The Power of the Dog (2021); An Angel at My Table (implied by Dana Stevens episode reference); Campion filmography.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.

Susanna Moore: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through In the Cut (2003), which they directed: Susanna Moore ⇒ In the Cut (the host's read). Campion had been developing the film since the mid-90s, when she read Moore's novel.
    “Campion had been working on this movie since the mid 90s when she read Susanna Moore's novel, which came out in 95.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:24:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Susanna Moore ⇒ Jane Campion (the host's read). In the book the heroine is killed; Campion could not accept that ending and changed it.
    “Whereas in the movie, Campion was like, I just can't have that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:40:42 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Barry Jenkins: 1 line

  1. lineage (possible influence) · through An Angel at My Table (1990), which they directed: An Angel at My Table ⇒ Barry Jenkins (the host's read). Speaker wonders whether Jenkins referenced Angel when making Moonlight.
    “I wonder if Barry Jenkins, like references at all in working on Moonlight”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:19:54 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. 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)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Jane Campion → Mel Brooks. After Campion's uncomfortable run of movies, voters seem to want comedy, which helps Brooks.
    “Campion is like, that was a run of movies that make people feel uncomfortable.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:26:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Jane Campion → Seven. Campion pitched the film to Weinstein as something like Seven, and says now it was not a great comparison.
    “She compares it to seven with him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:25:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Jane Campion → The Power of the Dog. Campion uses the baggage of her stars cleverly; in The Power of the Dog the miscasting feeling is the point.
    “I think it is one of her greatest skills is being really smart about using the baggage of her stars in interesting ways, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:20:28 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Campion describes a wall of male critics, the corduroy wall, who set the tone for extreme films.
    “The 1st ring of reviewers in America are always men.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:42:02 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Jane Campion → Susanna Moore. In the book the heroine is killed; Campion could not accept that ending and changed it.
    “Whereas in the movie, Campion was like, I just can't have that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:40:42 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Today's episode of the Campion miniseries; the piano is behind them and In the Cut is next.
    “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)
  2. programming (programming): Karyn Kusama → Jane Campion. Sweet 16 matchup; Campion may have won round 1 because voters thought she had the best shot at Kusama.
    “a lot of people voted for Campion over the archers because they thought she had the best chance to beat Kusama.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:11:42 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Female filmmakers like Campion try to give actresses something different, and the reaction is weird.
    “these female filmmakers who are like, you know, really trying to go for something different, really trying to give actresses something else to do”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:18:23 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): In the Cut → Jane Campion. Campion was one of the few women to get to make an erotic thriller then.
    “because she really is one of the few that got a chance to make a movie like that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:02:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (difficult takes): Shelley Winters → Jane Campion. The making-of for Winters' final film, Campion's Portrait of a Lady, shows her overwhelmed on every take.
    “we also watched the making of thing for Portrait of Lady, her final film”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:26:12 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Portrait of a Lady → Jane Campion. One of Campion's worst movies, not going in.
    “I think it's one of Campion's worst movies personally, and I'm a big fan of her movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:05:45 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Jane Campion → Jane Campion. Griffin would be thrilled if Campion sneakily won it all; she is among his all-time favorites.
    “Campion is one of my all time favorite filmmakers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:12:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jane Campion: Campion on New Zealand: the first European painters' pictures were thought exaggerated because of the clear air and black shadows.
    “everyone thought the colors were exaggerated.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:06:44 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Jane Campion: Campion did surprisingly well last year, revealing an unexpected pocket of passion; they treat such passion as a main value of the bracket.
    “the fact that campion performed surprisingly well last year”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:14:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Jane Campion: Campion made a 300-page look book of mixed art, not other films, for In the Cut, per a friend who interned in the art department.
    “said like she had like a fucking 300 page look book for this movie, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:01:42 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Jane Campion: Campion shouted at Ruffalo on set to play the sex scenes with total confidence; he was scared.
    “Apparently during the filming, Campion would just be shouting things at Ruffalo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:19:36 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Jane Campion: Campion's term for the male critics who set the tone for extreme films: the corduroy wall.
    “She calls it the corduroy wall.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:42:17 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)