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Summary: Could never get it out of my mind.
Review: Saw this MANY years ago and have been trying ever since to see it again. Am always astounded when I do find someone who has seen it and they are just as enthusiastic as I. Especially remember the threads left hanging and the mystery in the sunlight of a perfect day.
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Summary: Greetings From Hanging Rock - Wish You Were Here!
Review: The day I watched the trailer for "The Blair Witch Project", with the ominous white letters on black setting up the tale in two paragraphs, I cried "Hanging Rock". Not only does this 1975 film begin with the same white on black paragraphs to set it up, but the stories are basically the same. First, if you are looking for a film that "does" something or is as visceral as a POV from a hand held camera, you need not apply here for here is a more cerebral and spiritual tale. "Blair" and "Rock" are very much in line with each other, especially in making the settings charcters unto themselves. "Hanging Rock" is an Australian piece about three girls who disappear from titular location during a class picnic at the turn of the century. Whatever is left unexplained in the film is for you to get your minds a-going. You won't be spoon fed all the answers in this one. Eerie, lyrical, and entertaining. And something DOES happen...
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Summary: Nothing happens in this movie past the first 20 minutes
Review: I rented this movie expecting to get an unconventional movie with an unfinished ending that left you hanging and thinking about what might have happened (in the same way as "Sleepy Hollow" did). However, I felt a complete letdown after viewing the movie. Although it's ending is left without a conclusion, it does not leave you hanging because frankly, after seeing a two hour film where nothing happens past the 20 minute mark, you don't care. Don't let the high ratings from the other reviewers fool you. Almost no one will enjoy this movie. The only people that will enjoy this movie are females very interested in art films and very amused by with proper characters. The film is only 102 minutes long and I would say that around 25-35% of that time is spent showing dreamy shots of the characters looking at Hanging Rock or playing music (which is good, but overused) without dialogue, simply to buy time so that the movie didn't end up being an hour long.
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Summary: Unforgettable
Review: Gee, and I thought I was the only one who saw this film when it came out 20 years ago and still can't seem to forget it. I loved this film then and I still love it. This film is not for everybody, especially those who want their movies nice and neat and mainstream. This movie is one of the few unforgettable movies I've ever seen. From the opening to the end, Weir pulled me into this world and made me experience. I remember being so haunted by the movie and bought Lindsay's novel. Still not satisfied, I sent Lindsay a telegram asking what she thought really happened to the girls and their headmistress. Appropirately, in a way, she never replied. How fitting...
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Summary: A film so haunting, I continue looking for it, years later.
Review: I don,t remember when I saw PAHR, but it was many years ago. I still desire seeing it again and want my family to experience it. I've had very few films leave such a lasting impression on me. Excellent!
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Summary: Some of the best cinematographic work ever from Russel Boyd
Review: I am an Australian expatriot living in Austin Texas. I love this movie - wihout a doubt one of the best examples of Peter Weir's genious. I tried to find it in the US at all sorts of video stores. Sorry sir - we had a copy but it is lost, stolen, worn out, whatever!! Thank the Lord for Amazon!!! My friend Russell Boyd - the DP on this movie - one of his first - must have been in his early 20's when he made this movie. What a genious!! Russell if you're out there call me. I am working with the Texas State Government to create the Texas Film Development Project and would love to hear from you. I want to produce some films like this one. Terry Lipman Director Texas Film Development Corporation.
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Summary: haunting, lyrical
Review: i just saw this for the 1st time and absolutely fell in love with miranda and the whole movie :) weir does a great job capturing the girls' budding sexuality and repression. i would recommend this to anyone who loves unsolved puzzles!
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Summary: The rock gets even
Review: We pretend we can control all - setting rules like corsets on young girls bodies. But yearnings and the rebellion of a headstrong girl without pedigree seep through, and when an eerie natural setting sets loose that which the arrogant madam tries to keep pent up, heads roll, the madam's last. Repression doesn't work - the piper gets paid in the end. This is an affecting impressionistic film.
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Summary: PETER WEIR'S MASTERPIECE
Review: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is one of the movies Peter Weir shot in Australia before his Hollywood period. This movie is not only one of the best of the " fantastic " genre, it is also one of the most impressive movies ever made. The action takes place at Hanging Rock, a picnic place for the people of a small town in the province of Victoria in Australia. The year is 1900. Three college girls and an old teacher disappear during St-Valentine's Day in the rocks and they never will come back. That's all. Peter Weir doesn't give any explanations to this mystery. He simply asks us to observe face expressions, to hear the n(v)oises of the nature and to feel the force of this prehistoric rock. PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is a lyrical movie full of the romanticism of the nineteenth century. Give to this little pearl the attention it deserves. A DVD which shall haunt you.
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Summary: Undescribable - not for everyone
Review: Undescribably horrible, some isolated scenes are truly terrifying. Very much, a mood piece. The landscape dominates, and is masterfully placed on film. It felt like a short film, capturing just circumstance. But loaded with feelings. No Hollywood ending here...
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