Wednesday, 4 April 2007
Long Weekend (1978)
Remind me not to go camping on isolated beaches reached via inpenetrable woods. Not that I am likely to. The DVD of this Australian movie was beginning to gather dust, so I popped it in and a chilling message it bore. A not-so-happily married young couple decide on a back-to-nature weekend away to try to rekindle their relationship, except nature fights back and wins. Not that they had much respect for nature: they cut down trees, littered the environment, smashed an eagle egg, and shot a dugong. Not smart! As both the weekend and their fragile relationship continued to deteriorate, each tried to find an out -- with effectively scary results. This was basically a two-hander and while I did not know of either actor, they successfully proved to me that man may be a minute speck in a chaotic universe. It never pays to take one's isolated importance too seriously or for granted.
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Hope you have a great rest of the week! TerryANn
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