tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post629331758079691430..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Review: Van Diemen's LandAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-86185321743390908902009-09-25T14:15:12.856+10:002009-09-25T14:15:12.856+10:00Deeply moving,hauntingly beautiful scenery,excelle...Deeply moving,hauntingly beautiful scenery,excellent acting,directing and camera work.<br />This superb movie has made me to realize what kind of suffering physical and mental one does have to endure to survive.<br />It shall stay in my mind for many years.<br />Jonathan and all the crew congratulations.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252222301133798344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-22273258648252959942009-03-26T18:47:00.000+11:002009-03-26T18:47:00.000+11:00A bit late to come in on this one but I thought it...A bit late to come in on this one but I thought it was a stunning piece of cinema. Along with Warwick Thornton's "Samson and Delilah" and Glendyn Ivan's "Last Ride" marking a renassiance and generational shift in our film making.<BR/><BR/>I particulalr admire their loyalty to the spirit of collaboration that underpins this film and their refusal to bow down to the "market" insistence to cast up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-76350287851086929252009-03-11T08:56:00.000+11:002009-03-11T08:56:00.000+11:00Was I not persuasive enough? But yes, with Tom all...Was I not persuasive enough? But yes, with Tom all the way! It's a completely gorgeous film.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-34147561995304513822009-03-11T06:48:00.000+11:002009-03-11T06:48:00.000+11:00Wow, Tom. You had me persuaded after the first pa...Wow, Tom. You had me persuaded after the first par. <BR/><BR/>The MaverickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-37860553889263806792009-03-10T23:42:00.000+11:002009-03-10T23:42:00.000+11:00Chris, I saw a rough cut of the feature and didn't...Chris, I saw a rough cut of the feature and didn't see the original version but, for what it's worth: I thought the feature length version really worked. I can only imagine in a different way to the first version, in that what distinguishes the feature length film from most others is the time it takes with shots and cuts. Where most mainstream films cut away from introspection and power the storyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140841677727688049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-90519578660737278322009-03-06T10:04:00.000+11:002009-03-06T10:04:00.000+11:00Yes, I think it does, and better than I expected. ...Yes, I think it does, and better than I expected. There are things that surprise you, if you saw Hell's Gates, and an inevitable shift of emphasis - it's more than a longer version of the short film. The only thing that made me wonder was whether at one stage the rhythms became too predictable, but that vanished pretty swiftly. Interesting how much variousness is found in such a sternly limited Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-91345930506003462662009-03-06T03:39:00.000+11:002009-03-06T03:39:00.000+11:00Forgive me asking a dumb, reductive question... bu...Forgive me asking a dumb, reductive question... but does it work? As a full-length feature? It was so perfect as a short film (I saw it at Nova last year when it was screened to potential investors) that I was a bit apprehensive as to whether it could be reconceived as a feature-length film. Is it as good?Chris Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215203610745043810noreply@blogger.com