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Australian & New Zealand Cinema
Antipodean film, frequently preoccupied with landscape as antagonist, isolation, and a national self-image being argued with rather than celebrated.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Weir · 1975
The Piano Teacher
Michael Haneke · 2001
Wake in Fright
Ted Kotcheff · 1971
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Taika Waititi · 2016
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