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Wake in Fright
Why this pick
Like Long Weekend, it turns the Australian landscape into an oppressive moral force, using mounting discomfort, hostile masculinity and a nightmare-like loss of control.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1978 1h 32m AUS
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Why this pick
Its remote wilderness setting strips a group’s civility away piece by piece, delivering the same raw, sun-baked dread and sense that nature offers no refuge.
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The Shout
Why this pick
This eerie, elemental British nightmare shares Long Weekend’s unsettling ambiguity, damaged relationship at its centre and growing sense that the environment is turning hostile.
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The Survivalist
Why this pick
Its sparse, unsentimental treatment of human need and ecological precarity matches Long Weekend’s abrasive atmosphere, where the natural world feels indifferent to human entitlement.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The story concerns a couple, Peter (Hargreaves) and Marcia (Behets), who, along with their dog, go for a weekend camping trip. The pair show incredible disrespect for nature, especially Peter, such as polluting, killing a dugong, throwing lit cigarette butts in dry bush, and spraying insecticide, among other transgressions.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
John Hargreaves
Peter
Briony Behets
Marcia
Michael Aitkens
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