Favorite Australian films Nov 25, 2008
We've had Picnic at Hanging Rock all the way through Baz's type of film - Strictly Ballroom, George Miller, Babe and all the different things in between ... Although plenty of films were made in the intervening years, the first Australian film to make an international impact was Peter Weir's haunting Picnic at Hanging Rock, released in 1975 ... Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975): Peter Weir's masterful telling of the disappearance of schoolgirls at a rock formation was one of the first... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Kiss of life for an ailing industry Nov 20, 2008
Australian feature films for the past few years, said Ginnane, have, "almost completely failed to connect with, and find, an audience. This must change. "We cannot continue to simply expect $100-million-plus worth of support a year to be handed over by government if our share of the theatrical box office remains an appallingly low 2 to 3 per cent." In fact, this year was shaping up to be even worse, with box-office share down to less than 1 per cent - the lowest ever - although Luhrmann's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Kidman, Jackman Sweep Into Sydney for Red-Carpet Premiere of `Australia' Nov 18, 2008
The Australian Film Commission was created in 1975 to produce internationally competitive films, helping spark a new Golden Age when films like ``Picnic at Hanging Rock,'' ``Mad Max'' and ``Crocodile Dundee'' were made, and actors , and directors including emerged. While films like ``Muriel's Wedding,'' ``The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,'' and Luhrmann's 1992 ``Strictly Ballroom'' were popular at home and abroad in the 1990s, none matched Crocodile Dundee's global success. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Border Project - Avoid the Void Nov 15, 2008
From Picnic at Hanging Rock to Harold Holt, from Azaria Chamberlain to Peter Falconio, the Tasmanian tiger and Wolf Creek, Australian life and literary history offers an endless source of mystery ... Switch to Picnic At Hanging Rock, with teacher and girls arriving at their creepy destination, represented by designer Mary Moore s dome. (Adelaidenow)
Voters pick top five Aussie flicks Oct 20, 2008
Picnic at hanging rock surely must make the top 5. Certainly not Lantana. (NEWS.com.au)
Lost treasures Aug 29, 2008
WHEN most cineastes talk about Australian cinema of the '70s, they tend to focus on acclaimed films such as Picnic At Hanging Rock or Newsfront. They tend not to rave about, say, vomit-fest The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie, the action extravaganza The Man From Hong Kong, the trippy horror of Patrick or the goofy sexcapades of the Alvin Purple films. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Boobs, pubes and tubes' Aug 23, 2008
When it comes to Australian film, there were colourful characters creating what has become known as Ozploitation - short for Australian exploitation - without attracting anything like the acclaim of Picnic At Hanging Rock and My Brilliant Career in the 1970s and '80s. The Alvin Purple and Barry McKenzie movies were blasts of comic energy. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Larrikin streak Aug 16, 2008
This little-known director's high-camp action movies, with titles such as The Man From Hong Kong, Dead-End Drive In and Turkey Shoot long had been discarded on the rubbish tip of Australian film history, where they would not pollute our hard-earned international reputation for sophisticated, tasteful cinema such as My Brilliant Career and Picnic at Hanging Rock ... "As a kid my parents and teachers insisted I see quality films like Picnic at Hanging Rock," he explains ... A graduate from... (The Australian)
Race buzz as stars hit the pits Jul 22, 2008
The selection includes films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, Muriel's Wedding and Happy Feet. The three-week poll runs until Friday, August 8 at afi. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wham, bam, next cut in the can Jul 13, 2008
It was a side of the emerging industry that, with the notable exception of Mad Max, never attracted the acclaim of Picnic At Hanging Rock, My Brilliant Career and Breaker Morant, but was often a hit with cinema and drive-in audiences. Now these genre films - action and horror pics, thrillers and sex comedies - are being celebrated in the entertaining new documentary Not Quite Hollywood. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Covenant’: Teens discover looks can kill (1) Apr 11, 2008
Among the notable exceptions that spun intriguing school stories are Peter Weir s haunting Picnic at Hanging Rock, Maggie Smith s Prime of Miss Jean Brody and Robin Williams Dead Poets Society. All three of those tales tapped into the mysterious, even mystical side of education. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Barry Humphries' Flashbacks Apr 4, 2008
Les Patterson and Dame Edna are in good form, Sir Les talking about box jellyfish ("in point of fact, they go for any part of the anatomy") and explaining how Picnic at Hanging Rock perverted his original artistic vision for Piss-Up at Hanging Rock. But it's Humphries who gets the best line, talking about the Australian pavilion at the 1970 Expo in Osaka: "Inside this whimsical building Japanese gaped at images of the continent which was so nearly theirs 25 years earlier." All class. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Young woman blues Mar 16, 2008
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975). Mount Macedon's Hanging Rock has never been the same since director Peter Weir's eerie tale about a group of students who mysteriously disappear at the picturesque spot on Valentine's Day, 1900. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hillary at twilight (199) Mar 1, 2008
It's like the movie PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK. Like those Australian schoolgirls, she's going to disappear. (Salon)
How creepy do you want it? The famously eerie tale of nine dead Russian... Feb 28, 2008
" The ending to (and overall creepy feel of) "Don't Look Now," the famous cult horror movie from the '70s with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie and the creepy little midget in the red robe. Peter Weir's "Picnic at Hanging Rock," another classic '70s occult flick, chaste schoolgirls disappearing up a bizarrely haunted mountain entirely fictional, but plays all too damn real. But still, they're just movies. Fiction, mostly. No matter how good they are, they all kneel before the one true god of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
With feasts for all the senses, locals enjoy the festivals boom Feb 25, 2008
Meanwhile, more relaxed but no less enthusiastic crowds were out enjoying the tastes and atmosphere of the Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock and gorging themselves at Bright Young Things. a five-hour, six-course lunch hosted by Sommeliers Australia. (The Age)
Sweden's Victoria Bergsman goes solo Feb 22, 2008
"It would be great to have the music behind someone walking around in a landscape. I want it to be around beautiful pictures and moving pictures." She says she was inspired by the 1975 Australian film "Picnic at Hanging Rock," which is heavy on nature shots and romantic Edwardian dresses. Bergsman, 30, is known for her own extensive dress collection, and Swedish designers have started lending dresses for her shows. (Boston Globe)
Movies that conjure an endless summer Dec 26, 2007
Picnic At Hanging Rock ('75) is another - it takes place on St Valentine's Day in 1900 and the heat of summer is a major part of the atmosphere. My all-time favourite summer movie is about the end of summer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ovation TV launches 'Destination' Oct 13, 2007
Starting with Federico Fellini's "La Strada" on Saturday, the movie lineup includes Francois Truffaut's "Jules Louis Malle's "My Dinner with Andre," Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon," Marcel Camus' "Black Orpheus," Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night" and Peter Weir's "Picnic at Hanging Rock. " Date in print: Fri., Oct. 12, 2007, TALKBACK: | Have an opinion about this article? Be the first to Variety ProfilesLearn more about the movers and shakers behind this season's biggest movies. , , ,... (Variety)
Tourism wagon hitches to the stars of a romantic epic Oct 5, 2007
Picnic at Hanging Rock Mt Diogenes, Victoria. The Castle Bonnie Doon, Victoria. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Things that go bump in the outback Aug 16, 2007
Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) was an important film, not just in bringing Australian movies to a world audience but also beginning the cycle of Australian horror that we see today ... Picnic at Hanging Rock also introduced an important element that would resonate in later films - that those of European descent enter Australia's vastness at their peril ... Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975): The reappearance of only one of the missing girls and the realisation that the mystery of what... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
What are the worst films of all time? Aug 1, 2007
There are so many, but no one would have heard of them, however the worst one for me ( that people have heard of) is "Picnic at hanging rock" Unbelievably boring. Posted by: john a on August 1, 2007 1:19 PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
You're so square Jul 13, 2007
His favoured films and television programs include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Muriel's Wedding, Shrek, Hogan's Heroes, The Simpsons and The Chaser's War on Everything. Launched at a Sydney public school yesterday, the Impact MySpace site is certain to attract some loony postings (although the mention of Denver will ward off some). (The Australian)
Just deserts Jul 2, 2007
The sentiment is not unfamiliar - it echoes the Alice Springs of The Alice and even Victoria's serene Mt Macedon in Picnic at Hanging Rock. "It's such an eye-opener for anyone," Pedersen says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Give us a break Apr 27, 2007
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