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Entertainment | 09/22/2009 4:00 am

'Bright Star': Photos From the Film

Photos from Director Jane Campion’s latest film, ‘Bright Star,’ starring Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw and Paul Schneider.

Photo Essay

Jane Campion’s latest film, “Bright Star,” was called “a piece of cinematic poetry” by film critic and Keats scholar Annette Isdorf. The movie takes a close look at the poet John Keats and his great love for Fanny Brawne. When asked what drew her to the story of Keats and Brawne, Director Jane Campion told wOw, “I fell in love with the love story. It really affected me profoundly. I didn’t know about it and I didn’t know you could know so much about it.” There have been volumes written about Keats but so little written about Brawne, and Keats ordered the bulk of her letters to him burned with his death. Yet, with the help of 33 surviving love letters written by Keats to Brawne, “It made me feel like you could have very intimate access into the details of it – and I loved all the little obstacles and the hesitations,” said Campion. “I liked that it was a story that talked about the little complications of two people getting close and committing.” Click here to read more.

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