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电院张子扬 515030910038 An introduction for The Piano The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute piano player and her daughter.Set during the mid-19th century in a rainy,muddy frontier backwater town on the west coast of New Zealand,it revolves around the piano player's passion for playing the piano and her efforts to regain her piano after it is sold.The Piano was written and directed by Jane Campion,and stars Holly Hunter,Harvey Keitel,Sam Neill,and Anna Paquin in her first acting role. The Piano was a success both critically and commercially,grossing $140 million worldwide[2][3]against its $7 million budget.Hunter and Paquin both received high praise for their respective roles as Ada McGrath and Flora McGrath.In 1993 the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.Subsequently in March 1994,The Piano won 3 Academy Awards out of 8 total nominations:Best Actress for Hunter, Best Supporting Actress for Paquin,and Best Original Screenplay for Campion.Paquin, who at the time was 11 years old,is the second youngest Oscar winner ever in a competitive category,after Tatum O'Neal,who also won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1974 for Paper Moon,at 10. Story In the middle of the 19th century,in the distant open coast of New Zealand,Ada, an American woman,with a nine year old daughter flora and a piano,was married to an American colonist Stewart.Because the journey was very hard,the husband decided to leave the piano on the beach.Ada's soul was in agony.She lost the ability to speak at an early age,and the only thing that could keep away her loneliness was the beautiful piano music.Stewart was a businessman who only wanted to earn money.He didn't listen to his wife's request.Ada could only resort to George Baines, her neighbor.George said he wanted to listen to Ada playing the piano.So Ada madly played the piano in the seaside to let out her loneliness and pain of her heart.Baines understood Ada through her stirring music.By using a piece of land Baines bought the piano,and took it back home. In order to play the piano,Ada went to Baines's home for piano lessons every day.Baines suggested making love with Ada so she could get the piano in return.In the music and caress,Baines understood Ada deeper than Stewart,and their love gradually grew up.Imperious Stewart found that and Ada and her daughter were imprisoned in the house.However,this did not stop Ada from expressing love to Baines.Angrily,Stewart cut down Ada's finger with the axe.This eventually led to a fight.An agreement was made between the two men,and Baines took Ada and their daughter with the piano away.In the ship,after intense ideological struggle,Ada finally decided to abandon the piano representing the painful memories.She lift it down in the sea.They formed a happy family finally. Critics The piano is a film which reflects women's awakening consciousness.The description of female feelings was fruity and implicit.In terms of artistic effect,the film achieves the extreme.The piano as the carrier,the film makes notes of love

电院 张子扬 515030910038 An introduction for The Piano The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute piano player and her daughter. Set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater town on the west coast of New Zealand, it revolves around the piano player's passion for playing the piano and her efforts to regain her piano after it is sold. The Piano was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first acting role. The Piano was a success both critically and commercially, grossing $140 million worldwide[2][3] against its $7 million budget. Hunter and Paquin both received high praise for their respective roles as Ada McGrath and Flora McGrath. In 1993 the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Subsequently in March 1994, The Piano won 3 Academy Awards out of 8 total nominations: Best Actress for Hunter, Best Supporting Actress for Paquin, and Best Original Screenplay for Campion. Paquin, who at the time was 11 years old, is the second youngest Oscar winner ever in a competitive category, after Tatum O'Neal, who also won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1974 for Paper Moon, at 10. Story In the middle of the 19th century, in the distant open coast of New Zealand, Ada, an American woman, with a nine year old daughter flora and a piano, was married to an American colonist Stewart. Because the journey was very hard, the husband decided to leave the piano on the beach. Ada’s soul was in agony. She lost the ability to speak at an early age, and the only thing that could keep away her loneliness was the beautiful piano music. Stewart was a businessman who only wanted to earn money. He didn't listen to his wife's request. Ada could only resort to George Baines, her neighbor. George said he wanted to listen to Ada playing the piano. So Ada madly played the piano in the seaside to let out her loneliness and pain of her heart. Baines understood Ada through her stirring music. By using a piece of land Baines bought the piano, and took it back home. In order to play the piano, Ada went to Baines’s home for piano lessons every day. Baines suggested making love with Ada so she could get the piano in return. In the music and caress, Baines understood Ada deeper than Stewart, and their love gradually grew up. Imperious Stewart found that and Ada and her daughter were imprisoned in the house. However, this did not stop Ada from expressing love to Baines. Angrily, Stewart cut down Ada’s finger with the axe. This eventually led to a fight. An agreement was made between the two men, and Baines took Ada and their daughter with the piano away. In the ship, after intense ideological struggle, Ada finally decided to abandon the piano representing the painful memories. She lift it down in the sea. They formed a happy family finally. Critics The piano is a film which reflects women's awakening consciousness. The description of female feelings was fruity and implicit. In terms of artistic effect, the film achieves the extreme. The piano as the carrier, the film makes notes of love

medium 电院张子扬 515030910038 of communication of thoughts and feelings.So it organically combined a dumb woman who regards music as part of her life with a vulgar but inner emotional man together. The piano is a film which describes communication through erotic,this seemingly zip exchange of love was a strong shock.Despite of the entanglement of body,the film foils out a pathetic and serious love story. The film not only profound and exquisite shows Ada's"women's awakening", but also cleverly depicted the awakening of Flora,the little girl.Though flora is young, but the women awakening of the Oedipus complex nature always follows Ada's women's awakening as a mature female.With excellent emotional imagination,the film skillfully shows Flora and Ada's love was like peas and carrots as well as at arm's length.Through the subtle triangle,the film implicitly depicted the subconscious psychology of replacing her mother to build a relationship with the father,which creates a unique women complain. The piano,through women themselves,profoundly reveals the secret of the female sex,and thus received extensive attention of the world.From the beginning of calm gradually into the sexual excitement and sensual level,the whole process do not have any affectation and man-made contrast.Although Ada,played by Holly Hunte,had not a single word,her performance was almost as a passionate cry

medium 电院 张子扬 515030910038 of communication of thoughts and feelings. So it organically combined a dumb woman who regards music as part of her life with a vulgar but inner emotional man together. The piano is a film which describes communication through erotic, this seemingly zip exchange of love was a strong shock. Despite of the entanglement of body, the film foils out a pathetic and serious love story. The film not only profound and exquisite shows Ada’s "women's awakening", but also cleverly depicted the awakening of Flora, the little girl. Though flora is young, but the women awakening of the Oedipus complex nature always follows Ada’s women's awakening as a mature female. With excellent emotional imagination, the film skillfully shows Flora and Ada’s love was like peas and carrots as well as at arm's length. Through the subtle triangle, the film implicitly depicted the subconscious psychology of replacing her mother to build a relationship with the father, which creates a unique women complain. The piano, through women themselves, profoundly reveals the secret of the female sex, and thus received extensive attention of the world. From the beginning of calm gradually into the sexual excitement and sensual level, the whole process do not have any affectation and man-made contrast. Although Ada, played by Holly Hunte, had not a single word, her performance was almost as a passionate cry