Stewart kane, an irishman living in the australian town of jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Curators notes jindabyne 2006 on aso australias audio. After four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the. Mar 27, 2007 on an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, stewart, carl, rocco and billy the kid find a girls body in the river. It was a good ethical study on why that decision was made and if they should or would have done it differently with more empathy, if the victim had been white or male. Jindabyne had its world premiere at the 2006 cannes film festival and its north american premiere at the 2006 toronto international film festival. Apr 27, 2007 the jindabyne script expands on the story by very seriously examining the full ramifications of the fishermens actions, on themselves and the community at large. Moving on, this indie flick directed by cate shortland bowled critics over with fine, sexually charged performances from abbie cornish and sam worthington as 16 year old runaway heidi and farmer boy joe. Jindabyne is a movie in which friends on a fishing trip find a body, but choose not to report it. Stewart kane, an irishman living in the australian town of jindabyne, is on a. Their relationship is true to raymond carvers trademark broken twosomes.
After four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the water, they choose to delay reporting it and continue fishing. The film becomes to some extent a drama about reconciliation. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. No wonder each new lawrence film is now welcomed as an event.
Ray lawrence continues the kind of exploration of contemporary. Jindabynes disparate themes may not quite cohere, but the film features. Jindabyne, which opens april 27, an australian film directed by ray. Although jindabyne s cinematography features sweeping scenes of the australian countryside as stunning as any of those opening shots from brokeback mountain, it ultimately has some bigger issues. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. Jindabyne is easily one of the most engrossing, thoughtful, adultoriented bigscreen dramas produced in australia for 20 years. Review by jane freebury it would be interesting to see what director ray lawrence could do with a genre thriller, because he is a master of suspense.
The film explores the extent to which we can challenge our safe. Jindabyne is based on a 20yearold short story by the american writer raymond carver, but its been so well adapted to the australian milieu that it feels homegrown paul kelly wrote a song about the same story, years before the film was made. The movie is based on raymond carvers lean, spartan story so much water so close to home. Aug 30, 2016 stewart kane, an irishman living in the australian town of jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Oct 30, 2019 11 crazy australian films to scare off tourists.
Jindy is positioned outside kosciuszko national park at the base of the thredbo valley, set on the shores of a shimmering lake jindabyne. The jindabyne script expands on the story by very seriously examining the full ramifications of the fishermens actions, on themselves and the community at large. Scenarioschrijfster beatrix christian baseerde zich hiervoor op het korte verhaal so much water so close to home zo veel water zo dicht bij huis van schrijver. When gabriel byrne, playing a retired irish racing star now running a garage in jindabyne, takes his son fishing, they return with one small fish and one. Jindabyne pronounced jindabine is a 2006 film about a crisis in an australian town.
The chief difference is that playwright beatrix christian, who wrote the script, makes the dead girl aboriginal, which completely alters the story. Angsty teenage romance comes to the snowy fields of jindabyne, new south wales in somersault. This is due to its proximity to major ski resort developments within the kosciuszko national park, including thredbo, perisher and charlotte pass. The chief difference is that playwright beatrix christian, who wrote the script, makes the dead. On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, stewart, carl, rocco and billy the kid find a girls body in the river. Hook, line and sink her linney puts on a happy face for her dinner companions. With laura linney, gabriel byrne, john howard, stelios yiakmis.
Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the australian country town of the same name. The prelude to murder on a quiet country road in the opening moments of jindabyne spills over into subsequent scenes, infecting the innocence of everything that follows with continue reading jindabyne. Jindabyne 2007 a group of men gabriel byrne, john howard, stelios yiakmis on a fishing trip makes the morally questionable decision to delay reporting the discovery of a murdered womans body. Jindabyne is a 2006 australian drama film by third time feature director ray lawrence and starring gabriel byrne, laura linney, deborralee furness and john howard. But with your help we can continue to put it center stage. Four guys on a fishing trip in the wilderness discover a body of a young woman in a creek, a woman whos part aboriginal. Jindabyne is a 2006 australian drama film by third time feature director ray lawrence and. Curators notes jindabyne 2006 on aso australias audio and. The cinema does a bustling trade through the peak winter snow season, offering latest release movies. Note that the code 70 is a special prefix for movie use. Gabriel byrne in jindabyne 2006 gabriel byrne and laura linney in jindabyne 2006 gabriel byrne at an.
Cinematographer david williamson hews close to carvers voice spare, taut, forceful. The movie was focused on an annual fishing outing and the unusual decision they made. Somehow i doubt well be talking about this one in a year. Staying in jindabyne is cheaper than staying on the snow, but you need to be prepared for an hour long snow commute at the beginning and end of each. In true australian cinema tradition, landscape is character in jindabyne, though the combined contributions of lenser david williamson, composers. It was one of several carver stories folded into short cuts, robert altmans ensemble piece evoking the assorted flavours of.
The cinematography tends toward panoramic shots highlighting the australian landscape rather than the more intimate camera work we have come to expect from this sort of movie. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing. True crime docuseries gives clout to an undeserving story. Jindabyne, an adaptation of raymond carvers short story so much water so close to home, is an examination of a fractured family and how mistakes and miscommunication can lead to the widening of preexisting fissures. Increasingly troubled that claire continues to probe for the truth of what. While these themes are in the source material, director ray lawrence lantana has added new elements. Its glorious scenery will leave you breathless at every turnand for good reasonhappiness grows here like wildfire. Increasingly troubled that claire continues to probe for the truth of what happened, stewart erupts in rage one evening when claire asks him to talk. Although the odor of buried sin and some vast, encroaching punishment hangs over most every frame of jindabyne, this is hardly a religious film in the traditional manner. Apr 19, 2007 jindabyne begins with the old killer chris haywoodwhos practically out of last years revolting aussie tortureporn picture wolf creekwaylaying an innocent, darkskinned female in his.
Jindabyne suffers from trying to iron out all its awkwardness, from introducing a catharsis that doesnt emerge organically from the central concerns of the film. Jindabyne has the disquieting quality of picnic at hanging rock and indeed the horror film wolf creek which, like this film, transforms the reallife falconio murder case. He wasnt always perfectly true to the stories sometimes, his versions were barely even similar but he understood the pow of carvers writing and he turned it into cinema. A hit with all ages, snowy mountains cinema is located within snowy region visitor centre in jindabyne, a great stopover any time of year, to plan your kosciuszko national park adventure. The town of jindabyne in australias new south wales isnt what it used to be, literally. In australia, the town of jindabyne is about to face a moment of truth.
A death, and dark things surface jindabyne is a movie in which friends on a fishing trip find a body, but choose not to report it. Jindabyne raymond carver movies the new york times. Staying in jindabyne is cheaper than staying on the snow, but you need to be prepared for an hour long. Jindabyne begins with the old killer chris haywoodwhos practically out of last years revolting aussie tortureporn picture wolf creekwaylaying an innocent, darkskinned female in his.
Jindabyne is a small town in the snowy mountains region of new south wales, australia. Jindabyne certainly does not compare favorably with the version in robert altmans short cuts from years ago. Some of the scenes exist in both versions, and those analog scenes in jindabyne are far too similar to the original. This is due to its proximity to major ski resort developments within the kosciuszko. It is primarily a character study, yet key aspects of the central relationship are undefined. Relocated as part of a waterdiversion scheme in the 60s, the old town now rests at the bottom of a lake around which the current town resides. What jindabyne suggests in its penultimate scenean aboriginal funeral ritualis that white peoples engagement with indigenous culture might be a form of reconciliation. Back in jindabyne, when word leaks out, the men are disgraced. The movie is based on carvers classic story so much water so. The ethical dilemmas keep rippling across the water in this extraordinarily well made movie. The bbc is not responsible for the content of external websites. Their relationship is true to raymond carvers trademark broken. Released april 27th, 2007, jindabyne stars laura linney, gabriel byrne, deborralee furness, john howard the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min, and received a score of 65 out of 100 on. The movies remaining revelations build slowly into a set of surprisingly powerful emotional beats.
After a disturbing crime, church and an old family christian tradition hold. Best movies on netflix, stan, sbs about aussie successes. Jindabyne is a small town in the snowy mountains region of new south wales, australia understand. Everyone works the smalltime kind of jobs you can find in a town the size of jindabyne, claire clerking at a drugstore and stewart a former auto racing star running a gas station. Jindabyne is set in the southeast of new south wales, a sparse but beautiful. Adapted from a short story by raymond carver, this film centers around the discovery of a womans dead body by a.
Snowy regions visitors centre, kosciuzko road, jindabyne 2627, new south wales. Its not fair at all to attack jindabyne for extending a short story, because thats done all the time, and i feel very guilty about doing it. Jindabyne is a town in southeast new south wales, australia that overlooks lake jindabyne near the snowy mountains, in snowy monaro regional council. The story of a murder and a marriage a film about the things that haunt us. His new film, jindabyne, is also a lesson in how far you can stretch the art of. Islander peoples as the true custodians of the land in which we live and work. For the love of jindabyne, jindabyne, new south wales.
Rampant disinformation, partisan news sources and social. In truth, an almost existential tone pervades this effort, and as such. Jindabyne original soundtrack original soundtrack songs. Welcome to jindabyne jindabyne in nsw is located in the heart of australias alpine playground. Theres darkness in the kanes past, like the year and a half when claire lived elsewhere after the birth of their son tom played with heartbreaking sincerity by. Had lawrence gone so far as to show stewart and claire break each other down to their bitter and ohsohuman essence, jindabyne would have been more courageous for it. Jindabyne jindy is just below the snow line and essentially acts as a dormitory for the ski fields in the winter, especially for perisher. Starring laura linney, gabriel byrne, chris haywood, deborralee furness, john howard, leah purcell, eva lazzaro. Hollywood comes to the snowy mountains at jindabyne cinema, and its sister site in cooma. It is a subtle, powerful, haunting film of visual beauty, mystery and moral horror. May 25, 2007 jindabyne has the disquieting quality of picnic at hanging rock and indeed the horror film wolf creek which, like this film, transforms the reallife falconio murder case. Jindabyne, new south wales, situated next to the snowy mountains.
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