the only horror film brave enough to ask the chilling question: "what if you had to hang out with Australians."
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John Grant hat große Pläne und wenig Geld. Um seinen Traum von der Journalistenkarriere in England verwirklichen zu können, ist er auf jeden Dollar angewiesen und nimmt – zwar widerwillig – eine Stelle als Grundschullehrer im australischen Outback an. Während der Weihnachtsferien zieht es ihn schleunigst nach Sydney, wo seine Freundin bereits mit dem Surfbrett auf ihn wartet. Eigentlich will John nur eine Nacht in der ehemaligen Mienenstadt Yabba verbringen. Doch die Nacht ist so einsam und das Bier so angenehm kühl. Kurzum: John versumpft hoffnungslos an der Bar und kommt mit den Dorfbewohnern ins Gespräch. Schnell wird aus dem unfreiwilligen Zwischenstopp Johns eigentliches Ziel. Denn die Gastfreundschaft der Einheimischen ist legendär. Doch schnell merkt John: In Yabba ticken die Uhren anders...
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The most nihilistic film of all time. Worse than hell; there is nothing. You can drink, you can kill and you can try to escape but you'll still just end up in a void of your own human awfulness.
Recommended to me on my Make me watch your favourite list.Sweltering and oppressive, Wake in Fright is a man's disconcerting descent into his own personal hell.Kotcheff's film first slowly peels only to end up clawing at its protagonist's humanity, exposing an animalistic nerve that is both confronting and harrowing. Acted superbly across the board and shot with a colour palette that only adds to the scorching desert heat, Wake in Fright captures life in the Australian outback in, what I can only assume, a painfully realistic way. This film is astonishing. It takes the simplest of premises, a man stuck in a place trying to get away, and turns it into an inevitable, slow, spiralling plunge into the dark crevices of human frailty and weakness. As frustrating as it is to watch someone make all the wrong choices, it is the wait for him finally losing it that creates all the tension. And in this booze fuelled cascade of bizarre characters and psychedelic events, there are instances of cinematic brilliance of which the kangaroo hunt is most definitely one of the best. This is raw cinema, unflinching and sincere. And that's just the way I like it.
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What is Wake in Fright about?+
It follows a young schoolteacher who experiences a rapid moral and psychological collapse after getting stranded in a hostile outback town in Australia.
Who directed Wake in Fright?+
Ted Kotcheff directed the film in 1971, earning international acclaim and a rare double screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
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