SYNOPSIS: “The story concerns a couple, Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) who, along with their dog, go for a weekend camping trip. The pair show incredible disrespect for nature, especially Peter, such as polluting, killing a Dugong, throwing lit cigarette butts in dry bush, and spraying insecticide, among other transgressions. As tensions between the couple escalate, nature is …
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Film Review: Long Weekend (1978)
SYNOPSIS: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn’t in an accommodating mood. REVIEW: Australian cinema has often lumped in unfairly with the state of British cinema. Both countries being incapable of producing anything other than kitchen sink dramas and gritty flicks about gangsters in a spot of bovver. Even …
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“In my Top 5 favorite Australian movies. It’s a true little undiscovered gem that is just begging to be rediscovered and take its place in 70s genre cinema.” – Quentin Tarantino “A nifty little sleeper.” – Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo-Digital.com
Read More »Film Review: Long Weekend (aka Nature’s Grave) (2008)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Peter and Carla have a wasted marriage and constant friction. Peter buys expensive camping apparatuses and despite the protests of Carla, he travels with her and their dog Cricket to camp in the isolated Moondah Beach in the North Coast with his friend Luke and his girlfriend during the rainy holiday. Peter stops in a pub …
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