It's not the last movie I saw by a long shot (there's been all kinds of things in between, from Sunset Blvd. and Jan Svankmajer's Otesanek to Final Destination 3 and .... errm, Hoodwinked), but I would really like to talk about Picnic at Hanging Rock.
It's such a strange, haunting movie. Like Heavenly Creatures meets The Virgin Suicides. (In fact, I'd wager that both Jackson and Coppola were heavily influenced by Picnic.) Nothing much actually happens (except for the inexplicable and unexplained disappearance of a bunch of schoolgirls and their teacher), but the atmosphere is so heavy that I could hardly tear my eyes away from the screen; so languid, so dreamlike, so erotic, and so disturbing.
I'm really looking forward to MirrorMask, now. When I saw the trailers, I wasn't impressed. It all looked very CGI'y, and the story didn't sound compelling. Now, however, it's been getting so many good reviews that I simply can't not see it. I should have had more faith in McKean and Gaiman.
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Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.
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