So, as it happened that today an event was held in my college where Australian films (2 to be exact) were screened to the Bachelors of Journalism and Mass Communication's students and faculty.
The films that were screened were:
1) The Rover
1) The Rover
The Rover is a film depicting the post apocalyptic times, a world of hunger not for food but money, a thirst not for water but money and sharp revelation of the surviving humanity. The Rover was a film by David Michod, along with actors Brad Pitt and Robert Pattinson that had a linear form of story telling. The story is set in a post apocalyptic world. there is a carjacking incident where the lead's(Brad Pitt's) car is stolen. The director successfully depicts the attachment to materialistic things in the world in the first act only. This is further established when "the brother of the carjackers in the movie i.e. Pattinson" is finds his brothers truck with the lead (Pitt) when Pattinson is proved by his brother to be dead. The strong use of language that brings the person's attention directly to an alarming state, this also the depiction of lack of respect for humanity. this is also seen when there is a reckless and unrelenting killing spree all through the film.
The director after establishing this puts across another fact that in the society there are still certain surviving economies. The debate between the Lead and a shopkeeper points to the fact that Australian dollar is invalid but, American dollar is valid currency.
It is the climax of the film that the director reveals why the lead followed and killed to get his car back because in the car was the dead body of his dog whom he buried while others he burnt away. This was a strong and clear conclusion that human bonds were no longer important and how deteriorated had humanity become.
2) Rabbit-Proof Fence
Tells the story of 3 Aboriginal girls who are forcibly taken from their families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants as a part of an official Australian government policy. The film casts a gaze on a shameful times of Australian history. Mr. Neville who is the antagonist of the entire story or who is the acting hand of the government policy to abolish half-castes.
The children are forcefully taken from their mother's arms showcasing the cruelty against the people, the girls however make a daring escape from the captivities, in order to head home , The dialogue "going back to home" is a significant one as the girls from captivity does not refer to it as an escape to freedom but, to home. The girls head towards the rabbit-proof fence and along the way the director establishes that not all whites are on the bad side. there is a constant threat of a tracker finding them who also is of the same race and is shown sympathetic to their cause when he decides to let a clue of the trail go unnoticed. The girls eventually meet with their mother while the middle one of the 3 is caught and taken back, this here was the depiction that although the society has now accepted their race, or their race is now safe but a part of them is damaged and lost in the hideous events 1931 onward.
The children are forcefully taken from their mother's arms showcasing the cruelty against the people, the girls however make a daring escape from the captivities, in order to head home , The dialogue "going back to home" is a significant one as the girls from captivity does not refer to it as an escape to freedom but, to home. The girls head towards the rabbit-proof fence and along the way the director establishes that not all whites are on the bad side. there is a constant threat of a tracker finding them who also is of the same race and is shown sympathetic to their cause when he decides to let a clue of the trail go unnoticed. The girls eventually meet with their mother while the middle one of the 3 is caught and taken back, this here was the depiction that although the society has now accepted their race, or their race is now safe but a part of them is damaged and lost in the hideous events 1931 onward.
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