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June 06, 2006
This early film by Peter Weir turned up in the mail from Quickflix the other day. I'd seen it before, many years ago, and wanted to see it again. I thought it odd and macabre then, and I wanted to have another look as I had presumed it had become an underground cult classic.
I'd seen Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dead Poets Society and The Truman Show.
It's an odd and quirky satire (plus comedy and horror) about rural Australia. It had lots of promise, and though it ended lamely, it is still impressive. It would be seen as bordering on the absurd, but I read it as cultural critique. It reminded me of David Lynch even though the visuals were often mundane.
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