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Article: Director captures passion of poet's life

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October 2, 2009
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"Bright Star" is the work of Jane Campion, the director of the Academy Award-nominated "The Piano," a beautiful film that nevertheless left me cold and unaffected. There was no such effect this time.

"Bright Star" is a dazzling film and one of the most engrossing love stories in recent memory. In 1993, Campion became only the second woman in history to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar. History just may repeat itself next March.

"Bright Star" is based on the final years of the Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his love affair with the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). The year is 1818 and the 23- year-old poet is penniless. He gets by on the kindness of his friends, ...

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