The Literature Network - SHADY 'LADY' NICOLE KIDMAN STARS IN A DARK, PSYCHOLOGICALLY COMPLEX RETELLING OF HENRY JAMES' CLASIC "PORTRAIT OF A LADY.".(DAILY BREAK)

SHADY 'LADY' NICOLE KIDMAN STARS IN A DARK, PSYCHOLOGICALLY COMPLEX RETELLING OF HENRY JAMES' CLASIC "PORTRAIT OF A LADY.".(DAILY BREAK)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19970116
Author:Vincent, Mal

Byline: MAL VINCENT, ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

Jane Campion, the only woman ever to receive an Oscar nomination for directing an English-language film, would seem to be the least likely choice to make a movie about a woman who is a slave to love.

Nicole Kidman would be only a slightly less likely actress to play the role. Together, though, the women have badgered each other, and the movie industry, to get a surprisingly complex and unpredictable version of Henry James' 1881 novel ``The Portrait of a Lady'' on the screen.

With ``The Piano'' (1993), Campion turned what was ...

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