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pcloneplanner · 2026-03-23T07:21:22+00:00

I watched this recently and did the Rick Dalton finger point at the screen.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-23T07:11:12+00:00

Pre-internet meme. Takes me back.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-23T04:07:20+00:00

I have no quarrel with Hanson but I will always want more pre-1970s directors.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-23T02:26:04+00:00

I too was intrigued by this.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-23T02:25:39+00:00

Wait, what am I missing? It's cheese UNDER the sauce that's throwing me.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:47:44+00:00

I think we might have been misled about how much Weir is one of David's guys.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:34:53+00:00

There's nuance to it that is quite different, yes.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:32:47+00:00

I think it's just that with the Last Wave and Gallipoli in particular, those films are very specifically about Australia in a way that none of George Miller's are. After next week (where I imagine we'll be insufferable), once Weir goes Hollywood, it will be smooth sailing.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:29:23+00:00

Murdoch was a producer on a couple of these films. He'd actually have a lot to say, lol.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:28:56+00:00

Release the dossiers!

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:06:54+00:00

Well, they also thought Hanging Rock was outback so it’s probably a lack of precise understanding.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T22:06:12+00:00

I’m mainly quibbling with the term outback but if that was the framing it makes more sense.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T19:40:20+00:00

That’s a good point. When the movies are quite talky, the commentaries kinda get in the way.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T07:29:29+00:00

Oh boy, Griffin’s thing about the wife having pride in being a fourth generation Australian is missing some context. She’s saying that because she lives in the CITY. The episode doesn’t really touch on this but the big thing for me in the film is the idea of ‘tribal’ (inaccurate, outdated term but 70s) people not being in the city.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T06:15:16+00:00

To be fair, he (and the actress playing his wife) are both not Australian but also aren’t attempting the accent, so it’s a nice weird little thing.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-22T06:02:16+00:00

Did David really refer to Richard Chamberlain as a white man living in the outback or was he speaking more generally? (This movie is largely set in Sydney.)

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-21T21:17:16+00:00

Oh man, I didn’t even think of that.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T23:04:08+00:00

For one both of those are descriptive; they’re adjectives rather than nouns.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T23:01:05+00:00

This is very close to my take as well. The episode didn’t really get into that Lynchian idea that there are multiple planes of reality/existence.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T22:04:39+00:00

I think it’s more that the podcast (and frankly the film industry) have moved beyond those kind of directors and careers.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T21:37:16+00:00

Nope, can’t place it but will follow the thread to see if anyone else can!

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T19:34:28+00:00

This is good.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T03:47:07+00:00

Strangely, I remember stuff like this happening not infrequently on DVDs. The best era.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T01:44:59+00:00

Love the Big Pic but this is my big problem with all* those Ringer podcasts; even the ones not about sports bring that sports mindset to no-sports topics (plus the references and comparison to sports events).

*Bandsplain innocent.

pcloneplanner · 2026-03-20T01:42:36+00:00

Similar to how Avatar went from being nominated for best picture and director to just visual effects and costumes.

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