PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK Clip
April 17th, 2008 by Andre Soares
World Cinema Clips: Before Peter Weir went Hollywood in the mid-1980s, he actually knew how to make solid, complex films in his native Australia. Gallipoli (1981) is a well-crafted anti-war drama while the subtly haunting The Last Wave (1977) may well be the best The End Is Near film ever made.
Below is a clip from Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Much like The Last Wave, it deals with mystery and mysticism — in addition to a healthy dose of Victorian sexual repression. The plot revolves around the unsolved disappearance of a group of schoolgirls while on a trek to Hanging Rock at the turn of the 20th century, but Weir and screenwriter Cliff Green (adapting Joan Lindsay’s novel) are less concerned with the disappearance itself than with the socio-psychological issues surrounding the mystery.
Clip posted by iamtheday.
Technorati Tags: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, Peter Weir, strange disappearance, Victorian morality, sexual repression
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