American Viewers bad? European viewers good?

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2006)

American viewers bad? European viewers good? The movie had no hidden meanings, everything was right there in the open. One has to look no further than George Baines' full frontal nudity scene. However, if I, the superior European, offered insight for the true meaning of "The Piano" it would go something like this: Jane Campion's story was about the assassination of JFK. When Ada McGrath (Jackie Kennedy) lost her finger, that was the symbol of JFK being assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (Alisdair Stewart). The George Baines character represented Ari Onasis. He took Jackie away from the USA to the safety of Greece. And of course Flora McGrath was none other than John boy. Jane Campion used poetic license in an ingenious way making him a female, to further add mystery to this powerful story.