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Neue Filmreihe „Kino mit Tino – ein persönlicher Kanon“ (jeder 2. Do.): wir zeigen als ersten Film das Mysterydrama
„Picknick am Valentinstag“ von Peter Weir
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– Wann: Donnerstag, 11. September, 20.00 Uhr
– Wo: Filmgalerie Phase IV
– Eintritt frei, wir freuen uns über eine Spende
– Fassung: Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln
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Ein Film, der perfekt in die Jahreszeit passt – an der Oberfläche im fiebrigen Sommer verhaftet, deutet er bereits in seiner Tonalität auf die düsteren Abgründe der dunkleren Jahreszeiten hin. Bevor Peter Weir mit Filmen wie „Der Club der toten Dichter" oder „Die Truman Show" größere Bekanntheit erfahren hat, legte er mit diesem Film ein Werk vor, das dem Attribut „lynchesk" alle Ehre erweist, bevor es diesen Begriff bereits gab. (1/2)
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From the British Fantasy Society:
Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of one of Australia’s finest cinema contributions: Picnic at Hanging Rock. For the BFS, Gary Couzens takes a look back at Peter Weir’s film based on Joan Lindsey’s seminal novel.
https://britishfantasysociety.org/a-dream-within-a-dream-fifty-years-of-picnic-at-hanging-rock/
The Correspondent is a poignant film about an Australian journalist imprisoned in Egypt, highlighting press freedom. READ MY FULL REVIEW.
https://ontherunmovies.com/the-correspondent-2024/
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My favourite character and life inspiration.
“Harry saw his death as if it was someone else's. He watched himself from outside his body and he wasn’t scared at all… he found that he could slide between the spaces in the air itself. Ecstasy touched him. He was stroked by something that felt like trees, cool, green and leafy. It occurred to him that he died, and he got scared. He felt walls like membranes which shivered with pain and a sound, a terrible sound which promised meaningless tortures, like the Christian stories of his youth. He recognized the world of pleasure and the world of pain. Bliss, punishment, heaven and hell.”
The 2015 Australian horror Backtrack can really be seen as The Sixth Sense in the outback. It deals with death, memories and how some things refuse to be forgotten. There are, however, many other films that contribute to this intriguing story and at least one book. (It had overtures of The Survivor by the late … Continue reading "Backtrack (2015): Sixth Sense in the Outback (Review)"