The Last Wave

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First time viewed: Yes
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An old Peter Weir film I'd been meaning to see for a while. It was dream-like and haunting just as you'd expect. A really great concept that I always wondered why it hadn't been mined more in Australian films and stories. Today is national Sorry Day. Perhaps people here are now more wary of being insensitive or trivialising native beliefs. Everything is so politically correct. You'd have a hard time making this today I think.

But it is fascinating. Weir manages to create a prevailing feeling of quiet foreboding that just increases as the film goes on and things start to become apocalyptic. Spooky stuff. So simply done too. I wondered what on earth it could have been leading up to. The end didn't disappoint.

Great to finally see this minor masterpiece.