Picnic at Hanging Rock Blu-ray

According to Loraine Mafi Williams, an Aboriginal shaman, "There are places all over Australia to avoid. These we call "Sacred Sites and they are sacred in the hope th... Read on

According to Loraine Mafi Williams, an Aboriginal shaman, "There are places all over Australia to avoid. These we call "Sacred Sites and they are sacred in the hope that white people will leave them alone…." One of these places to avoid may be Hanging Rock, an imposing natural rock formation about 75 kilometers north of Melbourne. This is the setting for the beautiful 1975 film by Peter Weir, Picnic at Hanging Rock voted No 1 of the Top 10 Australian films of all time in a 1995 centenary of Australian cinema. Using Gheorghe Zamfir’s pan flute and Bruce Smeaton's original score as a background, the film resonates with a sense of the mystical and timeless.

Three girls and a teacher at a rigid Victorian boarding school for teenage girls vanish without a trace during a school excursion to Hanging Rock National Park on St. Valentine's Day in 1900. The film does not concentrate on the investigation into the disappearance but on the psychological ramifications for the survivors. As the girls visit the hidden passages and odd formations, Weir and cinematographer Russell Boyd create an otherworldly atmosphere and a strange sense of foreboding. As they walk, they shed parts of their clothing and, inexplicably move in single file toward the top of the rock as if being controlled by an external force. The mystery remains but the effect of the girl's disappearance is to disrupt the equilibrium of the school and hasten the crumbling of the existing social order. Beyond that it's anyone's guess and this haunting film will definitely keep you guessing long into the night.
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Picnic At Hanging rock is deservedly the defining film of Peter Weir. The contrast of the victorian rituals of the girls from Appleyard College with the sense of evil ... Read on

Picnic At Hanging rock is deservedly the defining film of Peter Weir. The contrast of the victorian rituals of the girls from Appleyard College with the sense of evil created by the wild Australian bush is truly, starkly beautifull. Despite the fact that the film can have no ending, we are glued to the screen in the hope of even guessing what happened to the beautifull Miranda and her friends. The film is distinguished by Flute De Pan played by George Zamfir and the Beethoven symphony No 5. A must see of Australian Cinema. Hide