At The Movies – Series 1 Episode 63, Wolf Creek
Clip 1: Local film international success
1 min 48 sec
Taken from the TV program At The Movies – Series 1 Episode 63, Wolf Creek (2005)
Original title classification PG – this clip chosen to be PG
Availability of the complete title
Curator’s clip description
Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton are deeply impressed with this new Australian film, yet both are deeply troubled by its sadism and violence. They find John Jarrett’s performance as Mick electrifying and note that he’s the antithesis of that other bushie icon Mick, in Crocodile Dundee. They note that the film recalls that seminal film of the Australian outback, Wake In Fright. The review is concluded with an interview with the director Greg McLean and one of the actors Cassandra Magrath who both talk about how they perceive the violence in the film.
Curator’s notes
Wolf Creek has taken off overseas long before it’s even found a distributor in Australia and, through the judicious use of some of the promotional footage from the film, Margaret Pomeranz discusses the phenomenon of this extraordinary and very violent film by writer-director Greg McLean. Clips show give just a hint of the horror film storyline and show the magnificent shooting of the landscape .
Janet Bell, curator
