Epigraph: Today I will not seek the shadowy region; Its sustaining vastness waxes drear; And visions rising, legion after region, Bring the unreal world too strangely near. Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
There is a silence where hath been no sound There is a silence where no sound may be, In the cold grave - under the deep, deep sea... Thomas Hood (1799-1845) End page.
Writing Disability in Australia:
| Type of disability | Mutism. |
| Type of character | Primary. |
| Point of view | Third person. |
The Piano
( dir. Jane Campion
)
Australia
:
Jan Chapman Productions
,
1993
Z352127
1993
single work
film/TV
(taught in 3 units)
'Ada, her nine-year-old daughter, and her piano, arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of 19th century New Zealand. Of all her belongings, her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate neighbour. She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays: one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper and deeper into a complex emotional, sexual bond, remarkable for its naive passion and frightening disregard for limits.'
Source: Screen Australia.
