Episode 184: Bright Star
This week, Morgan and Gavia discuss Jane Campion's 2009 masterpiece Bright Star, a biopic of the Romantic poet John Keats. Topics include brilliant performances from Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, and Paul Schneider; Campion's feminist approach to the biopic genre; Keats' biography; and much more.
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Links
Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
“Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity,” A.O. Scott, The New York Times