Withholding and Revealing in AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

Withholding and Revealing in AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

2 Episodes

Observations on Film Art No. 32

Jane Campion came to international attention with her acclaimed sophomore feature AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, a luminous adaptation of the memoirs of Janet Frame, tracing her journey from her childhood in New Zealand to her time in a mental hospital to her emergence as a renowned writer. In this episode of Observations on Film Art, Professor Kristin Thompson explores how Campion uses a strategy of concealment and carefully orchestrated reveals to create curiosity, tension, and surprise and to immerse the viewer in Frame’s unique subjectivity.

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Withholding and Revealing in AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

2 Episodes

  • Withholding and Revealing in AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE
    10:43
    Withholding and Revealing in AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE
    Episode 1

    Withholding and Revealing in AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

    Episode 1

    Observations on Film Art No. 32

    Jane Campion came to international attention with her acclaimed sophomore feature AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, a luminous adaptation of the memoirs of Janet Frame, tracing her journey from her childhood in New Zealand to her time in a mental hospital to her emergence as ...

  • An Angel at My Table
    2:38:19
    An Angel at My Table
    Episode 2

    An Angel at My Table

    Episode 2

    Directed by Jane Campion • 1990 • New Zealand
    Starring Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson

    With AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Jane Campion brought to the screen the harrowing autobiography of Janet Frame, New Zealand’s most distinguished author. Three actors in turn ...

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