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Dennis Doros <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:26:57 -0500
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We at Milestone are very happy to announce a special advance opportunity to
purchase the home video of Two Friends, the first feature film by Academy
Awardr and Palme d'Or winner Jane Campion (Sweetie, An Angel at My Table, The
Piano and currently The Portrait of a Lady). When Two Friends was shown at
the 1986 Cannes Film Festival the film world heralded the brave new feminist
voice of this extraordinary New Zealand director. After the premiere,
however, the print disappeared. In 1995 Milestone acquired the rights and
spent three months restoring the film's intended look and format (widescreen)
from the original camera negative. These restoration efforts were featured in
American Cinematographer and Millimeter. On the film's 1996 national release,
many critics were quick to claim that Two Friends was still her best film to
date.
 
Campion and renowned Australian screenwriter and novelist Helen Garner's
(The Last Days of Chez Nous) film is articulate, assured and enthralling. Two
Friends begins in the present, when teenage girlfriends, Louise and Kelly,
once inseparable, have grown apart. Louise is in high school, gets good
grades, and has a typical love-hate relationship with her divorced mother.
Kelly, in bleached hair and punk gear, lives with friends at the beach and is
experimenting with drugs and casual relationships. Two Friends then moves
backward in time over the past year in the girls' friendship. In five
episodes, the film reveals the subtle changes that sent the two on their
different paths. With the humor, fierce honesty and passionate sense of
humanity that are the hallmarks of Campion's best work, the film tells a
story of missed opportunities and small traumas that take on profound new
meaning with the passage of time.
 
"Less forced than Sweetie, cinematically richer than An Angel at My Table,
Two Friends may be Campion's most perfectly realized film. At this moment,
it's my favorite."
 - Amy Taubin, Village Voice (who also selected it at as one of the Ten Best
Films of 1996)
 
"Terrific! It's on the same high level of accomplishment as The Piano and An
Angel at My Table x A gem."
- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
 
"Painstakingly restored by Milestone Films, [Two Friends] shows Jane Campion
at the start of her feature career,
projecting the personality, edge and brilliance that would dazzle audiences
only a few years later."
- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
 
"Two Friends, the rarely seen first feature from Jane Campion, is still her
best!" - Paul Sherman, Boston Herald
 
Although this video won't be released to the public until July, Milestone is
offering it now to educational institutions for the same price of $59.95
(plus $5.00 for shipping and handling). The public performance cost is
$119.90 (plus $5.00 again for shipping/handling). Orders can be placed by
mail, fax, Email, or by calling our toll free number. Purchase orders,
personal checks and American Express cards are all accepted.
 
Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & Video
275 West 96th Street, Suite 28C
New York, NY 10025
Phone: (800) 603-1104
Fax: (212) 222-8952
Email: [log in to unmask]
 
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