Ditch all the auteurs, and then we'll find a Hollywood studio Nov 29, 2008
Baz Luhrmann is an auteur, George Miller is an auteur, Peter Weir is an auteur, Jane Campion is an auteur - by that, I mean that these film-makers speak with their own unique voice through cinema ... Look at how Peter Weir has continued to make his own unique films within the Hollywood studio system. (The Age, Australia)
Australia pins high hopes on costly movie Nov 18, 2008
"The idea of people like Peter Weir or Australian directors who have global financing ... coming back and working in Australia, that's much more present as an idea," he told Reuters. "Australia" opens in the United States and Australia on November 26. (MSNBC -- News)
City of Ember Film Review Oct 16, 2008
It s also a sumptuous visual primer for its filmic fantasy forefathers (Terry Gilliam, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Alex Proyas, the Wachowski Brothers, George Miller, Peter Weir and Tim Burton) and a narrative cousin to the ideas of Roald Dahl and George Orwell. If only this story of discovery didn t feel so deliberate. (Suite101.com)
Not Quite Hollywood Aug 28, 2008
In fact, directors like Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford and Tim Burstall spent much of the 1970s grabbing for popular success with one hand and cultural authority with the other. Comedian Tony Martin nailed this syndrome a decade ago in a sketch called "The Last Aussie Auteur" about a veteran Australian hack filmmaker (an amalgam of Burstall and Ginnane) who produces everything from sexploitation comedies to period biopics while defending even his most dubious projects as serious works of art. (The Age)
Larrikin streak Aug 16, 2008
Hartley shakes up the customary divide between art house and drive-in by revealing a border happily breached by actors such as Sigrid Thornton and Wendy Hughes, Academy Award-winning cameramen John Seale and Russell Boyd, and directors Beresford and Peter Weir. Academic and commentator Catharine Lumby argues in her book on Alvin Purple that the distinction between arty and genre cinema always said more about the class prejudice of critics than the value of the films. (The Australian)
Promoting book is a first family affair May 18, 2008
The Sydney screenwriter John Collee, who worked on those two big movies directed by Peter Weir and George Miller, has written the script for a new film to be directed by the Brit Jon Amiel, best known for The Singing Detective and Entrapment. It centres on the emotional crisis that led to Darwin writing the classic book on evolution, The Origin Of Species, and is timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of its publication next year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
No slowing down Mar 24, 2008
The Mosquito Coast directed by Peter Weir and also starring Helen Mirren and River Phoenix remains one of his favourite films, he said. The themes of the film were unique and vital. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Cracking the whip| Mar 18, 2008
The Mosquito Coast' directed by Peter Weir and also starring Helen Mirren and River Phoenix remains one of his favorite films, he said. "The themes of the film were unique and vital. Thus I think audiences had a hard time embracing it because it didn't have an action narrative but was slower paced in its story telling. "That film and 'Witness,' which Peter also directed, are my two favourite performances. (iAfrica.com)
Cautious welcome as film tax incentives return Oct 3, 2007
When it comes to financing projects, Coote expects to show "a bias" towards Australian film-makers, describing himself as contemporary of directors Peter Weir, Fred Schepisi, Bruce Beresford and Phil Noyce and an admirer of such younger talents as Rowan Woods (Little Fish), Andrew Dominik (Chopper) and writer Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral). Other big names have been just as bullish. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
'Lucky Miles': Sawung Jabo restarts film career 25 years on Sep 2, 2007
Michael James Rowland, director of the recently released debut feature film, Lucky Miles, stated on national radio that the last time an Indonesian character appeared in an Australian film, was 25 years, ago, in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) directed by Peter Weir. It seems Australia has not yet come to grips with the reality of our Southeast Asian identity. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Ms Weaver's feeling for snow Aug 3, 2007
" A good example, she says, was 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously, the adaptation of Christopher Koch's novel, set in the politically turbulent Indonesia of the mid-1960s, in which she played an embassy official who becomes involved with the central character, played by Mel Gibson. "Peter Weir said to me, 'I'm not even sure this character is going to end up in the movie. But he's such a great director and I could tell it was an ambitious story. (The Age)
Horberg's 'Agency' on drawing board Jul 30, 2007
Sydney Pollack flirted with it; so did Michael Mann, Peter Weir, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt (who recently made his own Western, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"). "It was a lot of almosts, but we never lined up all the tumblers," Horberg said. (Variety)
Pilgrim's progress Jun 29, 2007
Long before Peter Weir or Cate Blanchett, J.P. McGowan was arguably the first Aussie to hit the Hollywood big time. And what a life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Get Movies updates: Mar 27, 2007
Peter Weir(The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society) was to direct it but the producers and he did not agree on how this film should be shaped ... I had heard Peter Weir was no more with the project. (Rediff)
At last, Scorsese gets his Oscar Feb 26, 2007
He paid tribute to Elia Kazan and Robert Zemeckis as directors who have influenced him, along with Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Pollack, Francis Coppola and Peter Weir. Director Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckClick photo for larger image. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Theta Testing: Feb 21, 2007
As an example, he cites Fox's Shadow Divers, a drama to be directed by Peter Weir. The picture has two male leads, and the studio is talking about Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Leo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp. (Slate)
Cate's scandalous new role Feb 16, 2007
"I'd love to work with Sam Raimi, I'd love to work with Martin Scorsese again, Ang Lee, Peter Weir. It's all about timing isn't it? And what the role is and how my kids are ... so it's contingent upon a lot of things, as is every decision in life.". One challenge of her job is to confront her natural reluctance to pick up the telephone and, again, step out of her comfort zone. (NEWS.com.au)
Top Indian filmmaker to direct movie of Australian addict's book Jan 22, 2007
Nair takes over after Australian director Peter Weir opted out of the project due to differences with Depp on how the book should be adapted. India-born Nair is based in New York. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
