Picnic at Hanging Rock
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“What we see, and what we seem, is but a dream”
Overview
Widely considered one of the best Australian films (and certainly one of the most loved), the mysteries of Picnic at Hanging Rock still float in the air five decades later. Peter Weir’s film, based on the excellent Joan Lindsay novel. perfectly encapsulates both the Australian summer and the disquieting ancient landscape in a story of young sexuality, hysteria and repression. Most of the girls of Applegate College head off to Victoria’s Hanging Rock on St Valentine’s Day in 1900, trailing behind the enigmatic and curious Miranda (Anne-Louise Lambert), whom their French teacher (Helen Morse) describes as a Boticelli angel. At the rock, Miranda, Irma and Marion go missing on a barefoot walk, sending their mistress (Rachel Roberts) and township into disarray as blame and fear set in.
50th Anniversary 4K Restoration from 35mm negative
Why You Should See This Film
One of the most beautiful films ever made, each scene of Picnic at Hanging Rock heaves with an eerie, dreamy air. Australian New Wave cinematographer legend Russell Boyd worked with Weir to capturing the impressionistic heat shimmer of late summer, melding with the haunting panpipe interpolation of Gheorghe Zamfir to achieve a stunning synthesis of sound and vision.
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