Angel at my table (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95082199
Title:
An angel at my table : a trilogy / Hibiscus Films in association with the New Zealand Film Commission presents ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; produced by Bridget Ikin ; directed by Jane Campion.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition. Blu-ray edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson. Title from title screens. Based on the autobiographies of Janet Frame: To the Is-land (1982), An angel at my table (1984), and The envoy from Mirror City (1985). Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Special features: high-definition digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Stuart Dryburgh and approved by director Jane Campion; audio commentary featuring Campion, Dryburgh and actor Kerry Fox; a documentary from 2002 about the making of the film; six deleted scenes; an audio interview with Janet Frame from 1983; trailer; stills gallery; an essay by film critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from Frame's autobiography.
Summary:
The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
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