Review of The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) by Karl M — 10 Nov 2018
Gorgeously filmed and aided by some excellent performances Peter Weir has made a great film in The Year of Living Dangerously. Mel Gibson plays a young Australian reporter stationed in Jakarta, Indonesia under the Sukarno regime.
He befriends a dwarf Chinese- Australian named Billy Kwan and romances a Brit journalist Jill Bryant. The look of the film is good- It makes it seem almost akin to a documentary and there is a beautiful glow to each scene.
All the actors are in top form- Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and especially Linda Hunt who plays the dwarf. This is a sweeping tale of morality, romance and political unrest. Another highlight is the score by the ever-reliable Vangelis.
(A must watch political drama from Australia).
This review of The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) was written by Karl M on 10 Nov 2018.
The Year of Living Dangerously has generally received positive reviews.
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