The ingredients are all here to make this recipe into a winner. It's very much Campion fare with Winslet at perfection (most of the time). However, from the time the protagonist wets herself, we see Campion lose herself in the lush lust of the attraction and she doesn't stop at any time to pull herself out of it and get back to the story.
This movie shows the director's personal thoughts exposing themselves on the screen. She seems to get just as horny as Keitel in directing the movie as his character does in it. She's irresistibly drawn to the sensual and doesn't seem to notice. Pity, because it was such an intriguing first half.
Jane Campion is definitely not a prude and neither is she the least bit uncomfortable about outpicturing her carnal instinctiveness. I just wish she could keep her aspirations separate.
This movie shows the director's personal thoughts exposing themselves on the screen. She seems to get just as horny as Keitel in directing the movie as his character does in it. She's irresistibly drawn to the sensual and doesn't seem to notice. Pity, because it was such an intriguing first half.
Jane Campion is definitely not a prude and neither is she the least bit uncomfortable about outpicturing her carnal instinctiveness. I just wish she could keep her aspirations separate.