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- While this ending adds a slight dark cloud to Ada’s happy ending, Campion has since revealed that she wishes she had the guts to make The Piano even bleaker. In an interview with The Radio Times, she explained that she wanted Ada to drown with her piano at the film’s end.
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Aug 27, 2023 · Analyzing the many meanings of the piano in Jane Campion’s film and asking: can we trust that dream-like ending?
“The Piano” is a critically acclaimed film that was released in 1993 and directed by Jane Campion. The movie tells the story of a mute woman, Ada, who communicates through her piano in 19th century New Zealand. The film’s ending has left many viewers puzzled and seeking answers.
The ending of “The Piano” is open to interpretation, but one common interpretation is that Ada ultimately chooses her own path and independence over the two men in her life. In the final scene, Ada is seen walking away from her piano, which has been a source of both comfort and constraint throughout the film.
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Like many creative New Zealanders, Campion comes from Wellington. I don’t know why so much creativity comes out of the Wellington region, but I suspect it has something to do with the dramatic landscape and its harsh climate. I don’t dismissively mean that the weather is so terrible that people have nothing else to do but stay inside and make their...
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When The Piano was released in my home country of New Zealand, every demographic rushed to see it. If people knew of Campion, it was probably for An Angel At My Table (1990), about New Zealand’s literary great Janet Frame. We watched that film in English literature class, and it appealed to the literary set. The Piano was widely anticipated. This predated Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Ringsfranchise, and it was rare to see a film shot in New Zealand, foregrounding our magnificent landscape. We...
SYNOPSIS
The spine of the plot is simple, in line with its clear fairytale ur-stories. Once upon a time, a mute woman and her daughter arrived from Scotland to be the new family of a white settler in 1800s New Zealand. In a secret deal with the new husband, another man buys the woman’s piano in exchange for a plot of land. He then coerces the wife into sexual favours in exchange for her beloved piano back. The new husband finds out, and in retaliation, chops off his wife’s finger. However, the two men...
Ada is our main viewpoint character, though we also see the story world through the eyes of both men at various times. This story does not have a clear ‘main character’, as such. It works like Brokeback Mountain and many other Annie Proulx short stories — it is the story of a small community rather than of an individual’s journey. Ada is mute, which is an interesting storytelling decision for several reasons. First, there’s the clear link to The Little Mermaid who, like this character, exists...
Sam Neill played another patriarchal character a few years earlier in Dead Calm, alongside another much younger wife, played by Nicole Kidman. Campion critiques the patriarchal views of Alisdair, but Dead Calmdoes not encourage any such reading. I’ve also taken a close look at a film where Holly Hunter does use her very Southern American voice, Thi...
Dec 19, 2012 · “The Piano” is Jane Campion’s third feature, after her debut at Cannes 10 years ago with a program of shorts that announced her as a major new voice. Then came “Sweetie,” the story of a strong-willed, mentally disturbed young girl who disrupts her family.
Aug 1, 2015 · The music score composed by Michael Nyman is sublime and plays a crucial role in the film. After their day on the beach, Baines is smitten with Ada; he trades his lands with Stewart to acquire the piano and Ada is to give him piano lessons.
