Picnic at Hanging Rock

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Wilder S @RT59014389 4d This felt like half dream, half something sad. The plot of the movie isn’t as captivating as its aesthetic. I can’t tell if "beautiful" is the right word, but this movie really is an underrated gem. See more Mix R @Foxxxy 5d It was gay and it was good. See more Teddy B @RT90521672 Jan 27 Peter Weir retains the complex mystery, the blurred lines between fiction and reality, the dreamy, hypnotising atmosphere, and welcomes the maybe-present themes of sexual repression and Australia's cultural history from Joan Lindsay's original novel and improves on them, with eerie performances, beautiful cinematography and a disquieting soundtrack. You have to enter this film like under a hypnotist's trance: open, calm, curious; not expecting so much a mystery but the consequences of a quiet phenomenon. See more Johnny T. @Jbear125 Jan 8 Subtle but beautiful movie. See more 伊 T @LienEd Jan 8 The unsolved mystery of the film is an uniquely elegant way of representing the hubris of colonizers. Because, of course the white, accented, delicate english settlers would not know what happened at hanging rock. How could they? Images of settlers, wearing suits and dresses, standing on a land alien to them, is typical of the colonial era. They are not of this land, they hold no claim over it, and no control over the forces of nature which they could not hope to understand. Thus, the mystery of what happened to the girls is simply a reflection of the settler's alien nature to the land. See more Jacob Y @RT95819847 Oct 31 I watched this recently as part of October-themed/atmospheric screenings at my local cinema. It's so beautiful and the acting is great!! I think it's one of the most beautifully shot films I have ever seen - the colors, the angles, the visual storytelling. Big shout out to the fashion in this production, the costume storytelling was splendid. And the music was perfect, i was really surprised to hear Gheorghe Zamfir. I read it's a cult classic in folk horror before seeing it, and I get it, I feel like it's a good example of atmospheric horror, although i would also characterise it more as "daytime" gothic, rather than horror. It's unsettling and it leaves you thinking without actually instilling fear, or at least that was my take on it. Recommend!!! See more Read all reviews

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