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@robertcubinelli49617 жыл бұрын
I visited Hanging Rock many times and every single time, I could feel....breathe the primitive magic that is Australia. There is something truly in the air there that is unexplainably real.
@melanienagy63895 жыл бұрын
Is it true that people's watches and electronic devices stop working when they are there?
@gabrielearata5613 жыл бұрын
@@melanienagy6389 sorry to disappoint you but nope
@kesterfae5447 Жыл бұрын
I have that exact same feeling when I go for trips around Victoria. Hanging Rock definitely had it, but so many other places also echo with a strange feeling of old stories that never die. Primitive magic is a great way to put it. The Australian landscape is full of it.
@robertcubinelli4961 Жыл бұрын
@@melanienagy6389 Haven't heard anything about that and surely my phones and watch anyways kept on working normally
@robertcubinelli4961 Жыл бұрын
@@kesterfae5447 You nailed it, mate.
@JasonVictorEverett5 жыл бұрын
I cannot think of another film that simply does NOT provide answers at the end. This film does not ever explain what happened to those girls. And that's why it lingers in your mind for years and years. It's not a commercial film. But it will haunt you to the end of your days. And add that pan flute soundtrack on top of all of that...
@jackdonohue78934 жыл бұрын
Jason Victor Everett Mulholland Drive?
@aie_aie_2 жыл бұрын
No answers at the end : L’Avventura - 1960 - Antonioni
@MarinaAndTheDevil2 жыл бұрын
@@jackdonohue7893 Mulholland does give you small puzzle pieces to put together however you like whereas this film doesn’t give you a single clue
@mikearchibald7442 жыл бұрын
There are 'answers' and then there are conclusions. That was the unfortunate thing about Fire Walk With Me which is that Lynch and Frost never intended us to know who killed Laura Palmer and thats I think what makes television so underrated compared to film, because film is almost a sort of propaganda in the US with this notion of an 'ending'. I read the history of this film and its said that when distributors in the US saw it they practically rioted they were so upset they didn't find out 'whodunnit'. They had to calm down before finally agreeing to distribute it.. Thats the great thing about movies and other forms of 'art', which is that they create questions, not really give answers. American film in particular has this almost built in stupidity about it that everything has to be packaged in a nice little bow, and reality certainly is not like that.
@dvra22032 жыл бұрын
How's Hidden by Michael Haneke
@denisefreitas67273 жыл бұрын
This movie is a masterpiece, love it.
@RonniePeterson2 жыл бұрын
I agree a masterpiece of nothing happening.
@Casanova-Frankenstein_93 Жыл бұрын
@@RonniePeterson not enough explosions and naked women for ya?
@RonniePeterson Жыл бұрын
@@Casanova-Frankenstein_93 I'm sure that comment is beneath you. Recently watched the Quiet Girl. Different but for me what Picnic at Hanging Rock fails to even come close to. Picnic at Hanging Rock is just awful. The most boring film of all time.
@karaobamaАй бұрын
Denise Freitas based
@Mandy31413 жыл бұрын
One of the eeriest movies I've watched so far
@eddyspagetti98997 жыл бұрын
summer between 5th (elementary school) and 6th(middle school) took a movie class.. we watched 9or10 pretty obscure movies.. even at that young age, I remember being really entranced w/this movie.. We had just watched "Last Wave" w/ R. Chamberlin, another Australian Supernatural flick..so I was already kinda prepared(lol).. it was a slow movie for me at 10yo.. but, it obviously left an impression..cuz, here I am, looking to watch it again. - I also remember being reminded of Picnic at Hanging Rock when I saw Wolf Creek :p
@RenanCMaia8 жыл бұрын
This film is amazing!
@RonniePeterson2 жыл бұрын
I agree. Amazing that people sit there for two hours while nothing happens.
@TheJonnizz10 жыл бұрын
GREAT movie
@lw3646 Жыл бұрын
Gallipoli and Witness are also really good and made by him.
@digger65uk10 жыл бұрын
He's wearing an invisible tie but he's a fabulous director.
@hathawayrose21832 жыл бұрын
Was his tie taken by aliens or did he lose it down a hole? We shall never know...🤨
@damien69973 жыл бұрын
Timeless. Surprised it hasn't been remade...
@camogangg3 жыл бұрын
It has! In 2018
@TheWaynos732 жыл бұрын
they did. as a recent mini series. and not very good, sadly.
@bunny_smith29 күн бұрын
Why would anyone want to remake a Peter Wier film?
@kalevala295 жыл бұрын
I love the Australian accent.
@team56th10 жыл бұрын
This interview sounds a lot like some monologue. The voice, tone of the narration, it sounds oddly dramatic and so charismatic. It's a shame that he almost left filmmaking altogether.
@livioska5614 жыл бұрын
He is a real lord
@bluecollarlit Жыл бұрын
He directed another of my favorite films, Witness 1985 Harrison Ford
@livioska5614 жыл бұрын
My favorite movie
@lovethyneighbour82875 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece
@Ravedaze.6 жыл бұрын
The old gal wasn’t going to give anything away was she?
@4Topwood5 жыл бұрын
Lol! And Peter Weir wasn't going to go away till she did give him what he wanted.
@melanienagy63895 жыл бұрын
Great movie I just saw it on tv recently.
@KG-yo7xm Жыл бұрын
I love this movie. Truly a hidden gem.
@sl1975sl4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know whether he was privy to the then unpublished final chapter? The film skips over various details from the book, as any film adaptation of any book must, and yet every detail that was crucial to that final chapter is in the film.
@mikearchibald7442 жыл бұрын
I've heard that it was a publisher who came up with the ending. Somebody so adamant that the potential director not ask if its true isn't likely to try to 'sum things up' even in a fantastical way. The open endedness is one of hte main points of the film and the book.
@peterhelmore27663 жыл бұрын
i just adore his movies >>>>>>>..he goes into such detail with everything he touches !!!!!!!!no wonder he does notmake many films now !!!!!!
@kellydebaskeurville86005 жыл бұрын
I loved it, I loved it too much
@robertcubinelli4961 Жыл бұрын
Me 2 :)
@deanpd3402 Жыл бұрын
He seems like a decent man.
@cmsahe9 жыл бұрын
this story reminds me of the cases researched by David Paulides, watch his interviews here on KZbin, as scary as the movie.
@MikeHunt-on6of9 жыл бұрын
cmsahe Yes exactly. Its a global mystery. Mary Celeste, KAZ2 etc. And the missing British troops in Gallipoli WW1. Missing 411. Unexplained Daze.
@cynthiahooper20906 жыл бұрын
absolutely and I believe he has mentioned this case....I watch his videos all the time!
@johnfoster762611 ай бұрын
I have recently read that some people who have visited Hanging Rock have experienced strange things. Watches have stopped, and in a nearby town, water has been observed flowing uphill( and balls have been seen rolling uphill too. It has been continually suggested that a space time warp or some sort of time portal could impinge on the Bermuda Triangle. Could a space time warp or some sort of time portal impinge on Hanging Rock?.......
@johnnymarlin8194 жыл бұрын
A most Haunted movie like no other !
@jerseyforhawks2 жыл бұрын
PW , legendary cinematic story teller.
@jamesmcelroy54592 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Peter Weir did not seem to be able to acknowledge that Jim and Hal McElroy found the music for the film. Then Pat Lovell had already knew about the film, but had nothing to do with getting the film made.
@magichourexperiences Жыл бұрын
~ As with most things in this life - One persons firewood is another persons ebony porcupine quill workbox ~ /(^.^)\ ~
@amyclarke416 жыл бұрын
OK
@davidmayhew48185 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't he address the profound changes he made when he re-edited it? It's like two different movies.
@saiashwin265 жыл бұрын
What were the changes?
@iusedtocare2 жыл бұрын
This clip is only a 3 minute excerpt out of a 2 hour documentary on then special features of the Picnic at Hanging Rock DVD. In the full documentary he explains and discusses why he re-edited the movie.
@guidadiehl9176 Жыл бұрын
@@saiashwin26 He cut numerous scenes from the film, including the entire subplot of Michael befriending Irma after she reappears. The scene where the girls sing "Rock of Ages" in the church is also cut, as are several others. The version of the film currently available on DVD is this butchered "director's cut." It's very unfortunate that Weir did this - a very odd decision to go back decades later and hack through an already perfect film.
@sexobscura6 жыл бұрын
the were-rabbit
@ZilogBob8 ай бұрын
Wallace & Gromit?
@nimos14 жыл бұрын
I lost a lot of respect for Peter Weir when for his unnecessary 'Director's Cut' of his masterpiece, he chose to cut key scenes. I feel this was a serious error of judgment on his part.
@twist77994 жыл бұрын
Ive not seen the directors cut, But Yea they usually add stuff, Not take stuff out!
@nimos14 жыл бұрын
Weir's so-called 'Director's Cut' took away from the original, instead of adding to it.
@oldwaltonian24764 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree with you. I first saw the film when I was 16 (44 years ago) and I still remember the profound effect it had on me at the time. Last year, I was invited to a friend's house to watch the Blu-ray version (Director's Cut) on his very large screen 'Kuro' television, which was designed to retain the cinematic look of films. Whilst the transition to Blu-ray was quite stunning, it could not compensate for the huge disappointment I felt at the omission of those key scenes.
@nimos14 жыл бұрын
@@oldwaltonian2476 I couldn't agree with you more. Like you, I first saw this film when I was still at school and likewise, it affected me profoundly and helped to change my perception of cinema as an important art form. Revisionism like this would be akin to Shakespeare cutting key scenes from his plays with a view to 'improving' them., whereas in reality it would actually amount to cultural vandalism. Weir needs to seriously reconsider his ill-advised actions because he got it right the first time.
@oldwaltonian24764 жыл бұрын
@@nimos1 It is good to know, at least, that there seems to be many others who feel the same way as each of us. Hopefully, Weir might eventually be humble enough to realise his mistake in order that a 'restored' version of the orginal film can be made using contemporary technology. Incidentally, I realised that I was actually 15, not 16, when I first saw this film and just a few years prior to that, I had been gripped by another 'enigmatic' film set in Australia; Nicolas Roeg's 'Walkabout'. Seeing both of these films had a particular resonance for me, since I had returned to England in late 1968 after living in Australia for 5 years.
@RonniePeterson6 жыл бұрын
This film is crap. Absolutely nothing happens. You wait for the best part of two hours for something to happen and it does not. Avoid at all costs. A complete waste of your life. Don't make the same mistake I made many years ago!
@ripleb62616 жыл бұрын
The film is a feeling, it was never intended to be a solvable mystery. Just because you didn't take anything away from it doesn't mean it isn't a work of art.
@rkomgm39325 жыл бұрын
The greatest film ever !
@darraghmallon97035 жыл бұрын
But that's entirely the point. I admit, I too felt cheated on first viewing, but the effect is how it stays with you. You spend the whole movie confused and missing this girls, waiting for them to reappaear on screen, which does not happen - and exactly reflects how the characters are feeling. That sense of loss and frustration building into a chaotic frenzy and eventually imploding. it's not really about the girls at all. This story has stayed with me for years, a true modern classic.
@helvete_ingres47175 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for you.
@helvete_ingres47175 жыл бұрын
+Darragh Mallon imo it was obvious the girls would never reappear - I was actually surprised that one of them DID. It would so completely undermine the entire aura of mystery the film builds from the very beginning. Mysteries are meant to be deepened - not solved. That's what this film's about.
@RPI793 жыл бұрын
Crap movie based on a BS story. Overrated in every sense.