With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness…

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