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Director Justin Kurzel Talks About The World Of 'Snowtown' & His Dark Comedy Followup
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- September 16, 2011 2:12 AM
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Despite taking a short film called “Blue Tongue” to Cannes Critic’s Week in 2005, Australian director Justin Kurzel isn’t a member of the Aussie collective Blue Tongue Films, which includes “Animal Kingdom” writer/director David Michôd and star Joel Edgerton (also of acclaimed MMA drama “Warrior”). Comparisons will be inevitable, however, in that like “Animal Kingdom,” Kurzel’s debut feature is an uncommonly accomplished crime drama about a naive teen corrupted by the poisonous, sociopathic tutelage of a deranged father figure. The two films also share cinematographer Adam Arkapaw who spent time behind the camera for both productions. If there’s a key difference, though, between Kurzel’s film, “Snowtown,” and Michôd’s "Animal Kingdom," it’s that the former is based on a horrific true story. Specifically, “Snowtown” dramatizes the events of Australia’s notorious Snowtown murders (also called the “Bodies in Barrels murders”), perpetrated by John Justin Bunting and three accomplices, one of whom was teenager James Vlassakis. "Snowtown" is a grim, hard-to-watch chronicle of how Vlassakis was lured into Bunting's world, eventually participating in his brutal, vicious murders.
Cannes Review: 'Snowtown' An Uneven But Still Mesmerizing & Disturbing Serial Killer Thriller
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Thank you for this great review!I really enjoy reading this.I was worried about Phoenix would be too
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Wow, this article is just dripping in contempt.
Wow, this article is just dripping in contempt.
Wow, this article is just dripping in contempt.
Hopefully not starring Colin Farrell.
It's more than a second, he has a few lines. He tells his men to separate Django and Brunehilda
I maintain that the Equalizer should have a woman cast as the title character.
I am still unsure what would have caused the boos. OGF is too bleak? that's the big criticism?
I am still unsure what would have caused the boos. OGF is too bleak? that's the big criticism?