Review of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) by Jake G — 26 Oct 2009
Peter Weir's PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is a film I will never forget.
I could end it at that, but many of you have never heard of this film and it would be a disservice to review it thus.
PICNIC is a sleepy, meditative film that has an undercurrent of terror. This chord of unease runs throughout the film, a masterpiece of Australian cinema directed by Peter Weir.
RT Synopsis (I'm starting to get lazy):
"Weir's exotic story employs tranquil surrealism and lush cinematography to explore the interconnected relationships between nature, eroticism and repression. While out climbing rocks, three girls from a posh finishing school vanish without a trace. In an attempt to find them, a geometry teacher climbs the rock and follows them into oblivion. A young man who has seen the teacher running up the mountain in a pair of bloomers, decides to spend the night on the rock, in hopes of finding the girls. But in the morning he is discovered with a wound on his head and no recollection of what happened. And when one of the girls later returns she's also wounded and dazed. A truly alluring, enigmatic film.".
Weir's talents as a director are his ability to create a theme in a movie and his intense characterizations. These talents reach their full expression in PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.
This review of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) was written by Jake G on 26 Oct 2009.
Picnic at Hanging Rock has generally received very positive reviews.
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