“Like his poetry… butterfly beautiful, memorably haunting.”
“To say that this movie is poetic is probably unnecessary, but it really conveys a mood, an atmosphere that makes the beauty of the poetry so human.”
“Some recognizable characters…Beautiful use of colors and fabrics to express the personality of each character’s emotion. ‘BRIGHT STAR’ is a beautiful movie. The use of nature, color, fabrics - as well as words and feelings - combined to make a work of art. Once again Jane Campion weaves a masterpiece.”
“BRIGHT STAR doesn’t shine at all. Yawn, yawn.”
“A beautifully designed, costumed, crafted and photographed work. We get a glimpse into the lives of people in an age gone by. All three actors were marvelous. Jane Campion’s films are often poetic with so many complex emotional connections between people.”
“Magnificent production. A true work of art.”
“It’s so obsessed with how good it looks, it doesn’t take the time to let the film breathe. It is merely content to impress you with the cinematography. The subtext is not that Brown is in love with Fanny…it’s that Brown is in love with Keats! The film beats us over the head with the gay subtext. Paul Schneider is the only tolerable performance.”
“Spectacular movie with poetic moments of visual memory. It was great having Annette Insdorf.”
“Gorgeous! Wonderful costumes, beautiful cinematography.”
“I’m prejudiced… I arrived anticipating another wonderful Jane Campion film and was not disappointed. This was a wonderful, literate, beautifully photographed film. It was a film that (as Campion always does) paid attention to every detail and analogies. The symbolism of the lake to appreciating poetry will stay with me for a long time. Great way to open the season. Great guest too.”
“An excellent beginning of our new season.”
“We’ve off to a great start. This film was a work of art on every level: language, cinematography, sound and story. Beautifully conceived and realized. In addition, the comments of our guest were insightful and enriching. One comment about use of sound: I was very impressed at the restraint of the music. It seemed to be confined to music made in the ‘real time’ of the film. The music was orchestrated by the sounds of life, footsteps, breathing, door slams, even the pen scratching on paper.”