![]() ![]() 32īill Gibron, “ Past Perfect Criterion Classics - Sweetie (1989)”, Pop Matters, Sue Gillet, “ More than Meets the Eye: The Mediation of Affects in Jane Campion’s Sweetie”, Senses of Cinema, December 1999ĭennis Lim, “ A Second Look: ‘Sweetie’”, LA Times, 17 April 2011Ĭass Hampton, “ Campion’s Skill is More Obvious in the Sequel”, The Canberra Times, 2 September 1991, p. Smith, “ Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Sweetie’ (Jane Campion, 1989)”, Vague Visages, 9 June 2016 However, the best of Sweetie’s personality persists, as Kay and her parents maintain an image of her in her most accurate form, that of a little girl.”ĭana Polan, “ Sweetie: Jane Campion’s Experiment” Criterion Collection They no longer feel manipulated and agitated by her presence. The family appears resolved, no longer scattered. Though her family begs her to come down, she refuses, continuing teasing, tormenting and shaking the fort until it falls from the tree, injuring her mother and killing Sweetie. After a series of circular fights (variable rage and delusions, her family’s forgiveness, proceeded by her sweetness and fun persona), she finally overextends the limit, stripping off her clothes, painting her body black and bouncing in her childhood tree house. Throughout, Sweetie’s physically destructive nature (ruining Kay’s clothes, breaking furniture) reflects the inner disruption she has caused her family. Louis, however, has found some freedom from his increasingly disconnected relationship with Kay because Sweetie lives uninhibited, with vigor and emotion (though extreme). ![]() Throughout, there are flashbacks of Sweetie dancing, singing and performing small, circus-like tricks with his assistance he wants the family to remain close and dislikes when Kay acts enraged with Sweetie. Kay’s father chooses to ignore most of the erratic, childish behavior (though she has been hospitalized before) because he loves her as a little girl. Sweetie, from Kay’s perspective, is selfish in her severe mental illness. Kay is quiet and superstitious, loving Louis because of the words of a fortune teller and experiencing deep foreboding towards a tree he attempted to plant in their yard. Plot summary from Wikipedia: “The film focuses on Kay’s relationships with her boyfriend Louis, her parents and her emotionally unhealthy sister, Sweetie. Special features on this DVD include a new, restored high-definition digital transfer, a new Dolby digital 5.1 soundtrack, and audio commentary featuring Jane Campion, director of photography Sally Bongers and screenwriter Gerard Lee.Cast: Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Dorothy Barry, Jon Darling and Michael Lake Jane Campion is only the second woman ever to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Sweetie garnered four nominations at the AFI Awards 1989, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay. Crashing her way into Kay's life with a junkie boyfriend in tow, Sweetie manages to disrupt Kay's attempts to live a normal life with her new boyfriend Louis and expose the rotten roots of the entire family. Kay is shy, superstitious and sexually repressed Sweetie is loud, slovenly and quite possibly mentally ill. Kay and Sweetie are sisters, although Kay wishes they weren't. Tough and tender, Sweetie (Jane Campion, 1989) heralded the emergence of this gifted director as well as the breakthrough of Antipodean cinema, which would take the international film world by storm in the 1990s. Oscar-winning director Jane Campion's stunning debut feature is a feast of colourful photography and captivating, idiosyncratic characters. Sweetie is an original.' – The New York Times 'A movie quite unlike any other you're likely to see. This one screams and shouts every step of the way.' – The Chicago Sun-Times 'Most movies slide right through our minds without hitting anything. ![]()
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