With Netflix's 'The Power of the Dog,' Jane Campion is enjoying her most celebrated film in years. And the long journey makes it all the sweeter.
It’s a warm midafternoon in the vest-pocket piece of Beverly Hills greenery known as Will Rogers Memorial Park. The ducks are on the pond, the egret is looking regal, and some high school film students are busily getting their act together, oblivious to the fact that one of the world’s preeminent directors is sitting on a nearby bench, working on getting comfortable in the sun.
“He went out and bought a copy,” the director relates, “lay on his bed and read it and successfully pursued the rights.” Still, the situation was far from preordained. “I’m stepping toward it” was all she would commit to when asked by her agent whether her curiosity about rights meant she wanted to make the film. “I have to be pushed to the plank because I know, once I get ignited, I’m going to work so hard. I fear that work, but it’s also exhilarating.”
The story details what happens to the close but volatile relationship between two siblings when charismatic Phil’s phlegmatic brother, George , impulsively marries the quiet widow Rose , whose sensitive teenage son, Peter , becomes a frequent ranch visitor. Part of the reason for this, Campion explains, is that, in real life, her star is “quite a people pleaser who wants to get everyone on side. I told him he had to say ‘no’ 10 times a day — not say ‘thanks,’ not say ‘sorry.’”
While in Montana, Campion did visit the ranch in the southwest of the state where novelist Savage had grown up and where he had theoretically seen the dog-shaped mountain formation that is key to the novel’s plot.“His family said, ‘We’ve all looked, it’s not here,’ and my heart sank,” Campion relates. “But just as we were leaving, I saw this massive rock formation that does look like a pouncing dog. I did feel like it was a blessing for me and the project from Tom Savage.
Also different for Campion since she started out are some of the ways she approaches her work. For one thing, she says, especially after her experience directing the series “Top of the Lake” for two seasons, “I learned from TV work what collaboration can be.”
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