Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion 1996) w/ Jamila Brown

Feb 5

Felicia is joined once again by Jamila Brown (listen to our first episode on Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander) to discuss Jane Campion’s adaptation of The Portrait of a Lady (1996).

We chat about Campion’s feminist take on the Henry James novel, and how she plays with time and women of different eras and their life experiences to bring Isabel Archer to life.

This is the first episode of the Jane Campion series and I think it’s a great example of some of her most underrated work.

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Sources:

Henry James, Not Too Literally - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

The Portrait of a Lady (variety.com)

https://lwlies.com/articles/the-portrait-of-a-lady-jane-campion/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2001/film-and-the-other-arts/lady_frame/

https://bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/movies/reviews/01-16-97/LADY_BAR.html

OUTRO SONG:
Miss World by Hole

FILMS MENTIONED:
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman 1982)

Heat (Michael Mann 1995)

The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin 2023)

Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki 2023)

Charade (Stanley Donen 1963)