Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Strangerland
fragile_day — 10 years ago(June 06, 2015 12:44 AM)
Just saw this at Sydney Film Festival. Reminded me almost too much of Picnic at Hanging Rock both thematically and stylistically.
The whole idea of some kids being "taken" by the land or whatever, the music and those sweeping shots of the Australian landscape. Not a bad film though.
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saschatuchardt — 10 years ago(June 12, 2015 02:33 AM)
I have not seen Strangerland yet but you might have a Point and it might be interesting to see how both films tackle this theme, seeing how one is set in a period Girls School and the other in a present Family.
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kategriffin0 — 10 years ago(July 11, 2015 11:52 PM)
YES! Again, not that there is anything wrong with that..but my HUGE problem is that it's one of those movies where at least half the dialogue is in hushed tones/whispers and I have NO idea what was being said..I really wanted to like this but feel like it missed..acting great, cinematography great..so gonna blame it on script development and direction for not living up to potential..
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malteehlers — 10 years ago(July 12, 2015 03:32 PM)
I was thinking off Picnic at Hanging Rock too, however it felt a bit too much of an afterthought, they should have developed that theme more, if we were supposed to believe the whole "the land took her" storyline. The ending was a bit too open, and generally plot development was too slow in the wrong places. It did manage to catch my interest until the ending however.
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horsecoach4hire — 10 years ago(July 14, 2015 10:14 PM)
I haven't seen this movie yet, but Picnic at Hanging Rock was actually based on a book, which in turn had the end chapter removed. The final chapter was released some years later (and after the movie adaptation) and it did go into a sort of 'time travel' scenario. I believe you can find that last chapter online.