"Quite
frankly, as furious as I am, I'm sick of talking about it. She doesn't
deserve the amount of free publicity (there's no such thing as bad
publicity) she's getting for being a shitty journalist, and I'm not
going to be the one who gives her anymore. The hard work of others was
taken for granted and it is cruelly unfair that a thief will forever be a
name we all remember, and there are individuals that still remain in
the shadows. I want to be furious, I want to dedicate an entire article
talking about how unforgivable the act of plagiarism is, but a thief is
not worthy of my energy or analysis. At this time, I think the
important action to take is to direct your attention to women that are
far more worthy of your time and attention. The plagiarist in question
has taken away opportunities from other women who are far more talented,
and clearly, much more genuine than Miss 'Pen-Name from a 1968 black
comedy.' Instead of bitching and moaning about this plagiarist, it's
time to replace her."
"'Television is the new frontier. Film is conservative. I'm sick of it,'" says Jane Campion. It is a hand grenade, gently lobbed. That she says it sitting on a sofa in Cannes makes it all the more resonant: this is the same city in which Campion won the Palme D’Or for 'The Piano' exactly 20 years ago. Furthermore, it is a death knell to film that comes from one of the world's few genuine auteurs, a female non-conformist best known for films about female non-conformists, whose style varies from lyricism to borderline surrealist fantasy. To have Jane Campion call film 'conservative' is distinctly radical. But then Campion has an ace in the hole: she has a made a six-hour television series, 'Top of the Lake,' that is so singular and penetrating, it does indeed make television seem like the new frontier."
"The French like to make fun of the British, joking about their repressed ways in matters of the heart. But when it came time to debate same-sex marriage, it was France that betrayed a deep conservative streak in sometimes violent protests — while the British showed themselves to be modern and tolerant."
At Dangerous Minds, David Lynch recalls how he became a filmmaker.