Snapshot

Australia

1979

101 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Antony I. Ginnane, Barbi Taylor

SCR Everett De Roche, Chris de Roche

CAST Chantal Contouri, Robert Bruning, Sigrid Thornton, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Denise Drysdale

SOUND Peter Fenton, Dean Gawen, Terry Rodman

Synopsis

Angela (Sigrid Thornton) is a young hairdresser thrown out of home by her puritantical mother after too many nights out. She quickly falls in with the modeling crowd and does some modeling work herself, while it seems she is being stalked by a mysterious figure driving an ice-cream van. —IMDb

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Mr. Arkadin

27Apr12

Other than the opening scene with the burned corpse—a fairly effective "hook" whose slow and wordless pace manages to build atmosphere—it's a dip into some pretty tepid psycho-thriller waters. The merry-go-round of suspects—creepy boyfriend, puritanical mother, sleazy movie producer, etc.—was nothing if not utterly familiar. Without some artful or stylish direction to distract from the uninvolving plot, well ...

JESCIE

9Jul11

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Christopher Smith

5Jun11

A smart and stylish Australian psycho-thriller is another strong piece of work from woefully underrated screenwriter Everett De Roche. Atmospherically directed by Simon Wincer with a shining central performance from Sigrid Thornton. Fans of the genre need to seek this one out, it really deserves to be better known.