Description
Though she went on to create a string of brilliant films, Jane Campion will always be remembered for her stunning debut feature, Sweetie, which focuses on the hazardous relationship between the buttoned-down, superstitious Kay and her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, Sweetie—and on their family’s profoundly rotten roots. A feast of colorful photography and captivating, idiosyncratic characters, the tough and tender Sweetie heralded the emergence of this gifted director, as well as a renaissance of Australian cinema, which would take the film world by storm in the nineties.
Special Features
- Restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Sally Bongers and approved by director Jane Campion (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary featuring Campion, Bongers, and screenwriter Gerard Lee
- Making “Sweetie,” a video conversation between stars Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston
- Campion’s early short films An Exercise in Discipline: Peel, Passionless Moments, and A Girl’s Own Story
- Jane Campion: The Film School Years, a 1989 video conversation between Campion and critic Peter Thompson
- Behind-the-scenes photos and production stills
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dana Polan