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	Post-war Australian Film - the 1970s
		Films which took advantage of the liberalisation were seen as progressive in their overcoming Victorian attitudes to sexuality and permitting a greater realism.
		The films were often marked by a concern with representative characters who are marked by their ordinariness and who are confined to their immediate social environment which they negotiate, are affected by, but themselves rarely affect.
		Films needed to be tougher-minded so that they could respond 'to the threat of the Australian landscape rather than lyricising it, or the potential excitement of its cities, instead of ignoring it' (McFarlane, 1980: 61).
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	Picnic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word picnic first appeared in English texts in the mid-1700s, and may have entered the English language from this French word or from the German Picknick.
		A famous example of this is the Paneuropean Picnic held on both sides of the Hungarian / Austrian border on the August 19, 1989 as part of the struggle towards German reunification.
		The utopian novel Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, which was written in 1972, was the source for the film Stalker (1979) by Andrei Tarkovsky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Picnic (931 words)

	Picnic (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Picnic is a 1955 Cinemascope color film which tells the story of an ex-college football star turned drifter who arrives in a small Kansas town on Labor Day and is drawn to a girl who's already spoken for.
		The theme song from the movie was a hit, a mix of the theme song "Picnic" gradually blending in with the old standard "Moonglow" (which was later covered by Steve Allen) and the soundtrack 33rpm Album sold very well, an unusual feat for a "non-musical,story driven" film released in the 1950s.
		The film was later ignored or even panned in retrospective reviews written during the 1970s and 80s but by the end of the 20th century, spurred by releases in its original aspect ratio on Laserdisc and DVD, later-day critics were praising Picnic's resonant portrayal of small-town life in the US during the Eisenhower era.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Picnic_(movie) (1296 words)

	How are film endings shaped by their socio-historical context? by Catalin Brylla
		Consequently, closed Text films struggle to limit and direct themselves toward the overall resolution, and the narrative discourse is designed to reflect the story and create devices that conclude the film when the narrative is completed.
		The film finishes when he not only marries Mary Kate, his beautiful neighbour, but when he is accepted by the people in the village, reconciling with Will, Mary Kate’s brother and overcoming a trauma he had from his time in the United States.
		Picnic at Hanging Rock, adapted from an Australian novel by Joan Lindsay, tells the story of a group of college girls who on February the 14 th, 1900, go on a picnic at Hanging Rock, a volcanic formation near Melbourne in the state of Victoria, Australia.
	www.imageandnarrative.be /issue08/catalynbrylla.htm (7203 words)

	FilmJerk.com - Film Review: "Teddy Bear's Picnic"
		Then there are the Blair Witch type films that substitute continual cursing and screaming for any kind of orderly storytelling, from young Turks who have little knowledge about life outside of the constant flicker of projector intermittents and cathode ray tubes.
		And when one noticed the running time for the film is a scant 84 minutes, one would believe all the fat has been trimmed and the viewer will be left with nothing but the lean, juicy meat of comedy merriment.
		It may be unfair to compare Shearer's work on this film to the works of fellow Spinal Tap castmate Christopher Guest, but there is no quicker way to illustrate how much further Shearer needs to go as a filmmaker to equal his work as an actor, author, comedian, musician, radio personality and political satirist.
	www.filmjerk.com /new/article275.html (1280 words)

	Picnic - DVD film: Totaltiorden.dk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Picnic is one of a handful of movies that I return to time and again.
		This film was very progressive for the time it was made, but is quite tame by today's standards.
		The best part of this film is the ending, because even then you are not certain what will become of these two people and their future.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/0767827791\|dvd (664 words)

	Picnic at Hanging Rock - Arts and Faith
		In his review, Roger Ebert seems to think that Peter Weir trimmed his film to further add to the mystery, although he admits that the memory of his original viewing is fuzzy.
		Picnic at Hanging Rock is very typical of Peter Weir who often puts people in a foreign environment (a literal environment in this film).
		One scene in the film that was so striking to me was the scene where Irma returned to visit her schoolmates after her recovery.
	artsandfaith.com /index.php?showtopic=638 (2052 words)

	OZ CINEMA.com : Reviews : Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
		As the film opens, we are greeted with scenes of exquisite beauty, enhanced by precise, smooth camera movements, slow motion photography, diffused light and the hauntingly sweet sounds of the panpipe.
		The third, and perhaps the strongest, theme that resonates from the film's diagesis is that of clashing cultures.
		The ability of these cultures to meld during the course of the film is testament to the racial equality that groups were fighting for during the 1970s.
	www.ozcinema.com /reviews/p/picnic.html (1262 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Picnic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The picnic is fun and games until Carter, Millie, Miss Sidney and her boyfriend Howard (the always wonderful Arthur O'Connell) begin drinking a little bit too much.
		Picnic is the latest release from Columbia as part of their "Columbia Classics" series of discs, and as such, high expectations are present for each movie.
		Picnic is almost dated enough to be viewed as camp, but even there it still does not cut it.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/picnic.php (1507 words)

	Picnic at Hanging Rock: Behind the scene
		Der Film "Picnic at Hanging Rock" endet mit den Tod der jungen Sarah die aus dem Fenster des College in den Tod stürzt und mit Miss Appleyard, die in ihrer schwarzen Bekleidung, in der endszene des Films mit einem starren Blick in der Kamera blickt.
		Apparently when Lindsay visited the set, she said that this film would change people's lives, and it did." The darkest parallel was between the character of headmistress Mrs Appleyard, whose suicide scene was cut from the film, and the English actor Rachel Roberts, who portrayed her.
		Lawrance was only 13 when she was cast in the film, the youngest on set, plucked for the role from an open audition in Adelaide where Weir and producer Patricia Lovell were looking for old-fashioned faces.
	mitglied.lycos.de /Picnic/behind_the_scene.htm (1891 words)

	Picnic at Hanging Rock - About the Book, About the Film
		The stunning visuals of the film won Director of Photography Russell Boyd a BAFTA for his Cinematography and were well combined with an impressively adapted screenplay, and unique blend of score.
		A limited edition reprint of the novel illustrated with images from the film and containing excerpts from the screenplay was commissioned by the Macedon Ranges Shire Council in 2001.
		In both the book and the film the watches of the schoolgirls stopped at noon when they were on the rock and this was the cue for the strange and terrifying events that followed.
	www.hangingrock.info /picnic/weir/weir.html (1249 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
		She's not called on it (either to her face or behind her back) by anyone and at no other time is it really made clear in any other way that she doesn't have an inkling of who wrote the words she's quoting.
		PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is more about the effect of the disappearances of four people on the town and on some of the individuals remaining than it is about solving the mystery of the disappearances themselves.
		And while it is, I feel, a tale of the supernatural, it is one which is subtle and in which that supernatural element envelopes the film or flows through it quietly, a natural part of it.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/picnichangingrock.html (1952 words)


		The aim of this paper is to use Peter Weir's 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock as a visual text in an exploration of (i) unfettered power and its connection to oppression and violence, (ii) human resistance to such power, and (iii) the theological implications of these important interrelated issues.
		Film critic Neil Rattingan notes that the girls who vanish on the Rock "appear to go to their fate with calm assurance, even eager acceptance." Indeed, those who disappear on the Rock do so precisely because they are able to and want to.
		Picnic at Hanging Rock says that transcendence is possible and that we all have a choice to embrace mystery and grow in consciousness, to leave behind the trappings of oppressive systems and scale the sunlit peaks of awareness and life-giving action.
	www.isd.net /mbayly/rockofages.htm (5090 words)

	Vault 1 - Review: Picnic at Hanging Rock
		The film is premised upon a deceptively simple tale about a group of Australian schoolgirls who go for a picnic at the titular rock on Valentine's Day 1900.
		Boyd's camera is one of the film's greatest assets as it not only captures the rural scenery of Australia, but somehow manages to make all that natural beauty seem simultaneously dangerous and inviting.
		Most captivating of all is Anne Lambert - her Miranda is the heart and soul of the mystery and the film, and it is a testament of both her capabilities and Weir's direction that Miranda will be the lingering memory as you leave the cinema even though she barely appears in the film.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Academy/4824/picnic.html (695 words)

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		The Film City is located away from the city life, on a secluded peace of land in the vicinity of Aarey Colony.
		The Film City is well equipped with large studios for indoor shootings, recording room, a theater, and facilities like garden, lakes, ground for fighting scenes, helipads etc. for outdoor shooting.
		The plan for this Film City was prepared and executed under the able guidance of late V. Shantaram, the veteran actor, director and film producer.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /maharashtra/picnic-spots/film-city.html (270 words)

	THE DVD FILE: The Reviews Folder - Picnic At Hanging Rock
		Even better is the experience of watching an obscure film without any expectations and coming away from the two hours wondering why this film has never come to my attention before.
		Regardless of the different versions, Picnic at Hanging Rock uses a simple plot structure, but one that is mesmerizing in its gradual pacing and dreamlike atmosphere.
		I found it a refreshing break from most films in which the audience is spoon fed answers in an attempt to reach a pleasing conclusion.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/picnic_at_hanging_rock.htm (961 words)

	Picnic at Hanging Rock
		Picnic at Hanging Rock was distributed by B.E.F. and had it's world premiere at the Hindley Cinema Complex in Adelaide on the 8th of August 1975.
		The film itself was taken from a novel written in 1967 by author Joan Lindsay and she in turn had based the novel on a true story which had occurred in Victoria in 1900.
		Some time in to the picnic four of the girls decide to go for a walk up to the rock and in their travels the group are spotted by two young men one of whom becomes intrigued with the girls and follows them.
	wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/1997/ellis.htm (2794 words)

	Picnic
		Picnic is one of those films that just transports the viewer into another time and era and that's the sign of a truly great film.
		This film at it's time was billed as too sexy due to the dance that Novak and Holden share at the picnic and till this day the scene holds up great.
		The film was based on a Broadway play that had a titillating reputation because of its plot of a physical hobo's seduction of a rural beauty queen in flat, 1950's Kansas.
	blog.markwshead.com /info2/Picnic.html (11547 words)

	Amazon.com: Picnic: DVD: William Holden,Kim Novak,Betty Field,Susan Strasberg,Cliff Robertson,Arthur O'Connell,Verna ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Picnic" is a fairly simple tale of a young lady named Madge (played by Novak) having to choose between her good-looking, stable, wealthy fiance, named Alan (played by Cliff Robertson) and a ruggedly handsome but poor new-guy-in-town, named Hal (Holdan's character).
		picnic or no picnic, it's just like jane austin's novels, mother's only daydream was wishing her daughter marry into rich family, endless buying power, parties...but some devil-like fl sheep out-of-towner, a refreshing bum just showed up and messed up every stereotyped routine that supposed to be business as usual match in heaven romance.
		The 1950s shown in the film may have been repressive, but were they not a far gentler,more humanly meaningful times when the tensions of life were the sources of creativity and larger possibilities.
	www.amazon.com /Picnic-William-Holden/dp/0767827791 (2284 words)

	Picnic
		Picnic isn't a terrible film, but it's kind of a silly one that lacks much real substance.
		Picnic appears in both its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and in a fullscreen version on this double-sided, single-layered DVD; the letterboxed image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Fans of the film will probably be pleased, but anyone else may want to skip this rather bland affair.
	www.dvdmg.com /picnic.shtml (1454 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC movie by Harry Shearer with John Michael Higgins, Ming-Na, Henry Gibson, ...
		Harry Shearer's "Teddy Bears' Picnic" doesn't quite work as a comedy about the leaders of the free world goofing off in a secret annual ritual, but a buried level of satire makes a good target out of the news media.
		From Harry Shearer and many of the other people responsible for "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Waiting for Guffman," "Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a satire of the ruling class that doesn't live up to its predecessors in laughs but has its moments.
		Most of the funny stuff is at the beginning, as the kings of commerce, government, the military and the universities converge on picturesque Zambesi Glen prior to their annual top-secret debauch, a 75-year tradition.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2002/teddybears.php3 (497 words)

	MILESAGO - Media - Australian Films 1964-75
		Mystery pervades the film and the sense of an ancient supernatural presence is evoked through a gentle accumulation of detail (stopped clocks, disturbed flights of birds, watching animals, schoolgirl mysticism, half-formed coincidences) and by the looming alienness of Hanging Rock and the bush that surrounds it.
		Beautifully filmed by Boyd and camerman John Seale (now both among of the world's most sought-after cinematographers) it was shot on spectacular bush and mountain locations on and around the real Hanging Rock at Mt Macedon, a volcanic outcrop in the Macedon ranges, northeast of Melbourne, Victoria.
		And then I saw her after the film had come out and she was besieged by the press, and she said to me, 'Oh, the press keep asking me about the truth of the matter and I don't know what to do.
	www.milesago.com /visual/picnic.htm (3385 words)

	The Tom Roberts Festival 2006 - Gala Film Evening
		Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, this film, set in 1901, tells the story of three schoolgirls who mysteriously disappear while at a picnic with schoolmates.
		The film was made in 1975 and was the first Australian film to win widespread international critical acclaim.
		This is a rare chance to see this classic film on the big screen and listen to stories afterwards by Dominic Case, technical lab liaison on both versions of the film.
	www.tomrobertsfestival.com.au /FilmEvening.htm (551 words)

	Koreanfilm.org - Movie reviews, news, actor info and more from Korea
		Film Awards Ceremonies in Korea by Darcy Paquet
		Essays from the Far East Film Festival by Darcy Paquet
		Darcy Paquet writes for Variety magazine and is a programme consultant for the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.
	koreanfilm.org (499 words)

	DVD Times - Picnic at Hanging Rock
		He had permission from Joan Lindsay to film her novel and he shot in fl and white 16mm at weekend.
		The film isn’t in wonderful condition, with scratches and splices galore, but as it uses the same locations as Weir’s film it’s striking how similar it looks: no doubt due to the quality of light at Hanging Rock.
		Unfortunately the film was never completed, as Lindsay’s selling of the rights to Patricia Lovell precluded any other version of her novel, even an amateur one.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=55909 (2075 words)

	Cornell Cinema
		Cornell Cinema is presenting the director's cut of Peter Weir's breakthrough film, "Picnic at Hanging Rock," as well as the Australian filmmaker's 1998 hit "The Truman Show." Admission to evening screenings is $4.50/4.00 for students, seniors and children 12 and under; Sunday matinees are $3.50.
		When "Picnic at Hanging Rock" was released in 1975, Weir was heralded as the first major directing talent from Down Under to hit the international scene.
		Shot on location in the Australian outback, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is lush and erotic, sensually posing the white linen and golden light of the girls' school against the jagged, primeval landscape.
	www.news.cornell.edu /http://www.news./Chronicle/98/10.1.98/cinema.html (566 words)

	Picnic at Hanging Rock \| Aus 1975
		In Picnic at Hanging Rock, as well as in his other films, Weir shows the limitations of the protagonists' (and, simultaneously, our) knowledge, which fails to answer basic questions.This concept is explicitly addressed in a scene showing a small plant that closes in on itself when touched.
		It bears mention that while the film employs many visual stereotypes (such as the virginal image of the girls) and trivialized cinematic devices (slow motion and so forth), it is not hackneyed because such devices purposely serve to transfer the girls from a realistic dimension to a mythical one.
		The atmosphere of Picnic at Hanging Rock, as mentioned earlier, is heightened by the mesmeric use of Gheorghe Zamphir's panpipe music, which, perhaps coincidentally, resembles the mood of Count Dracula horror films, set in the Carpathian mountains.
	www.celtoslavica.de /chiaroscuro/films/picnic/picnic.html (3866 words)

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