Joel was really interested in the idea of apparent visual proof in images and how they can be used as evidence in the documentary form. For this reason alone, it’s a very rewarding film to watch more than once. It’s an unbelievably layered and intricate story and the further you peer into it, the more you’re going to find. It’s originality make it hard to categorise. Mistakenly referred to as a horror film by virtue of it’s supernatural subject matter and disturbing disquiet, it’s really better thought of as a uneasy mystery thriller. Even today when I revisit the film several years after working on it (principal photography was completed in December 2006), I still find myself making connections and sifting further story elements from the finished film. Lake Mungo started off as a bit of an experiment devised by the brilliant mind of writer / director Joel Anderson. Lake Mungo is a supernatural mystery and ghost story told as a documentary that explores just how the dead can forever haunt the living.
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After her grieving family bury Alice a series of inexplicable, strange and possibly supernatural events lead them to seek the help of a parapsychologist who in turn uncovers Alice’s secret double life. Lake Mungo is a feature film about grief and the harrowing 12 months that follow the accidental death of 16 year old Alice Palmer. What follows is a discussion about the making of this unique film.
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Anyone expecting a thriller packed with gore and mayhem will be disappointed, so be prepared for a movie that rewards patience and a close attention to small details.Ĭalibre‘s moments of outright violence are sparing yet pack a hefty punch above all, it’s an absorbing, gripping story that shows, quiet convincingly, how one horrible mistake can lead to another, until the web of deceit becomes a tangle that’s impossible to escape.Ĭalibre is available to watch now on Netflix.Lake Mungo will have it’s first Australian television screening on WEDNESDAY the 6th at 10PM on SBS ONE. Told with a brutal efficiency that makes the most of its low budget, Calibre is a terrific drama-thriller about suspicion and gnawing guilt. Running at a lean 100 minutes, Palmer’s film gives us the measure of these characters in a short scene or two: one particular sequence in a busy pub, where we’re unsure of who knows what about whom, positively hums with quiet menace. Tony Curran, meanwhile, is equally good as one of the pillars of the village community, while Ian Pirie is flat-out scary as his older, more intimidating brother. Lowden and McCann are difficult to fault as the two leads – particularly as they grow increasingly haunted and cornered by their own misdeeds. Gradually, Vaughn and Marcus’ character flaws are laid bare, from the former’s easy-going tendency to cave into the wild ideas of his friend, to Marcus’ appetite for drink and drugs at the same time, we see how an increasingly impoverished part of rural Scotland reacts when a pair of wealthy out-of-towners start disrupting their way of life. In his debut feature, Palmer confidently balances our sympathies, between the two leads – who in essence are anti-heroes at best – and the assorted beer drinkers, farmers and hunters who make up the supporting cast.
Thereafter, Calibre takes on a vaguely Kafka-esque air, as Vaughn and Marcus try to hide the fallout of their fateful trip to the woods from the locals.
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