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· Year: 1975
· Director: Peter Weir
· Writers: Cliff Green, Joan Lindsay (novel)
· Cast: Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray
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· Based on the book by Joan Lindsay.
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Around the turn of the twentieth century, a group of Australian schoolgirls go for a lunch around a giant natural monument. When several of them disappear, the rock's mystical reputation come to the fore.
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RATING
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84
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| COLD ANALYSIS |
| 4.0 -ATMOSPHERE |
| 1.25 -GORE |
| 0.5 -HUMOR |
| 1.0 -SCARES |
| 3.5 -TENSION |
Director Peter Weir approaches a pure expression of his eerie visual talent in Picnic at Hanging Rock, a film from which flows one of the deepest atmospheres in cinematic history. Weir and writer Cliff Green (adapting Joan Lindsay's book) don't tell a story as much as simply provide a recounting of events. I would be doing a disservice to give away much of the plot, but suffice it to say that it revolves around the disappearance of several people. When the disappearances occur, the subtlety of the writing allows for a variety of explanations for that event, some natural, some supernatural. These expectations weave in and out of each other; at one moment, one solution seems the most plausible, at the next moment, another makes more sense. Hanging Rock doesn't care to provide answers to the questions it poses--it just wants to pose them. And Weir's unsettling atmosphere, aided by Zamfir's imposing musical performance, stayed with me long after the movie had run its course.
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