Long Weekend 1978 M
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When
8.00pm, Fri 18 May 2018 (92 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
'Nature turns nasty in this underrated and, until recently, forgotten masterpiece of terror. Everett de Roche's remarkable two-character script pits a self-absorbed and relentlessly bickering city couple on a relationship-repairing beach retreat against an increasingly hostile, almost supernatural environment: Birds swoop, the usually docile kangaroos slash and claw, and the reappearance of a dugong shot by Hargreaves's character as target practice is a harbinger of a fate which, to de Roche's credit, is never explained. Dark, suspenseful, ambiguous, and utterly enthralling.' Andrew Leavold
Production Credits
- Director: Colin Eggleston
- Script: Everett de Roche
- Cinematographer: Vincent Monton
- Editor: Brian Kavanagh
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Umbrella Entertainment
- Year: 1978
- Runtime: 92 minutes
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm