Review of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) by Pamela D — 30 May 2011
A neat atmosphere piece that goes absolutely nowhere. It looks like an unusual historical murder mystery, with a story very much like Heavenly Creatures, but it is not. It goes absolutely nowhere. The story is so bad, the original ending which gives it away as being absurd fiction had to be excised from the film production.
Like the author of the story, the producers led the audience to believe without actually lying that the film tells a true story. It does not, which renders its murkiness and ambiguous ending pointless.
I was warned sternly to avoid this one, but I had to check out the lesbian school girl theme. Even that was poorly developed as a source of conflict and motive. Not a a steamy, risqué drama, not a sex parable, not a sensational whodunit, and not a movie I would recommend.
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This review of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) was written by Pamela D on 30 May 2011.
Picnic at Hanging Rock has generally received very positive reviews.
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