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    The Treatment

    Jane Campion: Top of the Lake

    Director Jane Campion joins Elvis Mitchell to discuss success with her Top of the Lake series.

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    By Elvis Mitchell • Sep 13, 2017 • 28m Listen

    For decades, director Jane Campion has been at the forefront of female filmmaking, having been the first and only female director to win big at Cannes with the Palme d’Or -- until 2017. Airing on Sundance TV, Australian based Top of The Lake” is a mystery drama exploring the physical and metaphorical interior of female life, starring Elisabeth Moss. Today Campion talks about writing Nicole Kidman’s role specifically for Season 2 and directing her own daughter as Mary in the series.

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      Elvis Mitchell

      host of KCRW’s The Treatment

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      Blake Veit

      Producer, 'The Treatment'

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      Jane Campion

      screenwriter, producer and director

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