The Macho King The Illmatic One
5Dec11
Seriously,Criterion needs 2 use ur whole quote in the booklet 4 when they release it on Blu Ray and also have u write a essay on the film.
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
22Jan12
The first half is perfect; moody, erotic and atmospheric. It begins like a fragmented dream with that cool soundtrack playing. But after the girls disappear it never quite reaches the same lofty heights. It left much to be desired, but it was still fascinating. In a way, it's a more accessible and warmer version of L'Avventura. On to The Last Wave!
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roger o. thornhill
30Dec11
Loved this movie! Beautifully shot with a haunting recurring theme in the soundtrack. A must see!
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Ben Wheeler
3Nov11
Bewitching. Picnic At Hanging Rock is just the right kind of cinematic mystery. In the vain of L'Avventura, the film refuses to give concrete answers. It's a horrific fairy tale forged in ambiguity, soaked in passion. It's probably Weir's best film next to The Truman Show. I certainly will be returning to Hanging Rock.
Hellshocked
31Oct11
To everyone who knew them, the disappearance was a tragedy. To the victims, a blessing. There was simply nothing for them in this world. They always seemed out of place, out of time. Having been spirited away they no longer belong to a specific place or time but to everywhere, and to all time. Some creatures simply were not meant for this world and it is unbearable act of cruelty to forcefully keep them here.
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Cassandra Tavukciyan
4Aug11
this dreamy feature, saturated with beautiful cinematography and understated performances, has the potential to become a sleep tonic, yet it never does. this is one of those films possessing the potential to linger in the viewer's mind long after the images have passed from the screen. haunting and beautiful.
Lancaster Dodd
24Jun11
I've always been a fan of Peter Weir, since The Truman Show, and this film certainly is an apt predecessor, going as far as influencing the likes of Tarantino (musically), Haneke (thematically), and most importantly Sophia Coppola in her film The Virgin Suicides, which is also one of my favorites. Without having read the book, I feel a feminist reading is the most fulfilling. I wish Weir would make films faster.
byavuz
13Jun11
It's wonderful to watch a film--one that you expected to be a neat little genre morsel--only to find your tongue rolling over some unexpected flavors. This is a thriller, to be sure-- but it is also erotica, social commentary, a peeping tom. It's a voyeuristic and erotic fantasy about uncomfortably cinched human behaviors unraveling in a spontaneous outback bacchanalia--and what that does to those who were excluded.
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Langston Young
12Jun11
This film has loads more intelligence than it suggests in the first 20 minutes or so. The power in the film comes from all the varied themes hinted at and not necessarily the mystery of what happens to the girls but the effects their disappearance has on the rest of the characters. You may not have any answers at the end, but it remains disturbing as long as you think about it and stays in your consciousness.
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Rusalka
26May11
I think this film is much more complex underneath its pretty surface than it's given credit for on here. It's not important WHAT exactly happened to the girls - the film seems more like an expoloration on the effects and nature of loss and absence. And even if the films doesn't tell us what happened, it suggests why it happened -as an answer to the kind of society and situation those girls lived in.
Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema
4Apr11
a 107 minute long douche commercial starring inviolable virginal blondes.
Øyvind Rype
15Feb11
The first half builds up nicely and the scenes on the rock itself were extremely haunting, but during the second half I was really bored. Beautiful cinematography but ultimately underwhelming and one of the biggest let-downs in a while.
KooterBrown
26Dec10
Almost all the parts i look for in a film are here. Some of it is made up of partly-recognizable genre themes, but nothing is obvious.
Lee Bullitt
4Dec10
It's bad enough the first 4 minutes are the most beautiful, relaxing sequence I care to watch over & over, but there is so much inside of this simply strewn, quiet film. The symbolism and simplicity are what make it truly unique. I can barely breathe during some of these scenes either out of happiness or calm. Pay attention to this.
Hideous Bitch Princess
25Jul10
The film left me with very little to say / think about, and feeling rather unsatisfied. In terms of visuals, the film does in deed have it's moments of hazy bliss, but aside from that I found everything else to be bland. I was completely detached from the characters and story. I assume this film is supposed to work as an allegory for female sexual repression, but in the age of Lady Gaga, it's seems trivial at best.
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rajiv ibrahim
22May10
haunting, intense, beautiful, this is like the mix of the lightweigh version of malick and tarkovsky, so refreshing ! and so many gorgeous girls here, hehe
Luke Ramsden
3May10
A film with a real sense of location- this film could not have taken place anywhere other than Australia. The country, and it's timelessness is the main character of this film, and what a performance it gives.
richmondhill
7Feb10
Either hauntingly lyrical or as shallow as a shampoo commercial - shades of Cadbury's Flake come to mind - but gorgeously scored and ravishing to look at, whichever way you slice it.
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luketeacup
5Feb10
almost like a precursor to the blair witch project or da vinci code 30 years later, this brilliant film had film buffs believing that the haunting events which unfurl in the film, actually happened in 1900...beautiful haunting soundtrack too.
