Janet Frame
Curated by NZ On Screen team 8 items
This tribute collection celebrates acclaimed NZ writer Janet Frame's life and work on screen, including applauded Vincent Ward and Jane Campion works and more.
Janet Frame on screen
Writer Janet Frame (1924 - 2004) is an icon of New Zealand literature; her 'edge of the alphabet' use of language has seen her acclaimed as "one of the great writers of our time" (The San Francisco Chronicle). This collection celebrates Frame's life and work on screen, from applauded Vincent Ward and Jane Campion translations, to a rare TV interview. In the backgrounder, Roger Horrocks writes about adapting Frame’s prose for the screen.
Profiles
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Michael King wrote Janet Frame's biography Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame.
Photographer: Reg Graham.
Photographer: Reg Graham
Kerry Fox in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Alexia Keogh in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Alexia Keogh in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Kerry Fox in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Kerry Fox in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Alexia Keogh in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Kerry Fox in a scene from An Angel At My Table.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Janet Frame with the three actresses that portrayed her in An Angel At My Table. From left: Karen Fergusson, Alexia Keogh and Kerry Fox.
©Hibiscus Films
Portrait of Janet Frame.
Photographer: Reg Graham
Special Thanks To...
NZ On Screen would like to thank Pamela Gordon and the Janet Frame Literary Trust, Roger Horrocks, Vincent Ward and Tim White.