tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post7025971216768797035..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: DreamtimeSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-697713417610374292018-06-13T22:12:50.351-05:002018-06-13T22:12:50.351-05:00Yeah, I'd agree with that. What I like about t...Yeah, I'd agree with that. What I like about this is that it goes for a sense of gravitas--there's a depth here that is lent to it by actors like Gulpilil. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-91553034906336856992018-06-10T19:30:32.535-05:002018-06-10T19:30:32.535-05:00I watched The Last Wave a couple of nights ago on ...I watched The Last Wave a couple of nights ago on Amazon Movies. I generally like any movie about Australia's aboriginal people, like Where the Green Ants Dream, Walkabout and Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Last Wave is no exception.<br /><br />At first, I was thinking The Last Wave was Australia's Wicker Man, but I think that title probably belongs to Wake in Fright.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-40753928949053974982012-08-09T01:48:17.384-05:002012-08-09T01:48:17.384-05:00I think she is necessary. Since she's not havi...I think she is necessary. Since she's not having this prophetic dreams, we need her as a connection to the real world. Or, at least I appreciated her in that capacity.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-8389741584133500052012-08-08T01:26:36.592-05:002012-08-08T01:26:36.592-05:00You liked this more than I did. When I wrote my re...You liked this more than I did. When I wrote my review I didn't even mention Hamnett because I just found her presence unnecessary.Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-40845102457071538872012-08-07T20:14:01.806-05:002012-08-07T20:14:01.806-05:00This was a difficult film to write about for me be...This was a difficult film to write about for me because so much of what this film is comes from a deep place for which there are no words. I had the same trouble with <i>Picnic at Hanging Rock</i>. Both films strike a deep chord. They hit something primal down in the lizard brain, something that hints at a connection with the cosmos and links us to everything.<br /><br />Gulpilil is a magnificent actor. And "gravitas" is the best word for Amagula. He's a presence, even when all he's doing is standing around. There's a spiritual weight to him.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41645567928480461012012-08-07T10:48:04.285-05:002012-08-07T10:48:04.285-05:00I am laughing right now at how similar our reviews...I am laughing right now at how similar our reviews for this film are, right down to the comment about how language cheapens the spiritual power. (And I'm happy that you seemed to like it, because I picked it for the club.)<br /><br />I found out that Amagula only made this one film; iMDb says that he is a tribal magistrate. He has that gravitas about him.<br /><br />Gulpilil is so good. <br /><br />I wanted to talk about the wife in my review, but I had already blathered on for about 1200 words, and I didn't quite have enough to say to warrant another paragraph. She serves such an important function, though; she's almost *us*, the audience, the everyman, someone not part of the dreamworld who cannot understand what is going on. Naturally she's scared. <br /><br />Great review.siochembiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.com