The Turning (2013)
First screened in June 2015
Directors: Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Anthony Lucas, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Tony Ayres, Claire McCarthy, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, David Wenham, Jonathan auf der Heide, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Ian Meadows. Cast: Voice of Colin Friels, James Fraser, Henri Phillips, voice of Tim Winton, Joseph Pedley, Cheyanne Pearce, Callan Mulvey, Alex Bryans, Dougie Baldwin, Taylor Ferguson, Libby Tanner, Oscar Redding, Mirrah Foulkes, Harrison Gilbertson, Susie Porter, Toby Wallace, Brenna Harding, Rose Byrne, Miranda Otto, Matt Nable, Myles Pollard, Jakory Blanco, Jarli-Russell Blanco, Wayne Blair, Meyne Wyatt, Matthew Shanley, Cate Blanchett, Robyn Nevin, Richard Roxburgh, Dean Daly-Jones, Eva Lazzaro, Louise Harris, Corey Knoblauch, Kimberley Rossi, Dan Wyllie, Kate Mulvany. Screenplay: Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Anthony Lucas, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Tony Ayres, Claire McCarthy, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, David Wenham, Jonathan auf der Heide, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Ian Meadows (based on the short story collection by Tim Winton).

Twitter Capsule: Some unevenness expected in a project like this, but it's generally stirring. Lucas, Kurzel, McCarthy, Stone standouts.

VOR:   Might have risked more expansions beyond basically narrative realism, but within that general and text-appropriate framework, there's an interesting vibe and range. Inspired effort.



Photo © 2013

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


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