Peter Weir Spotlight
Sat
21
Sat 21 Jun 1:00 PM
Arc Cinema NFSA
General Admission
June
Peter Weir helped kickstart the Australian New Wave, an era of resurgence in the worldwide popularity of Australian cinema, with iconic films including Picnic at Hanging Rock.
His fascination with dislocation and disorientation links works of diverse genres – from rom-coms to crime thrillers, domestic dramas to historical epics like Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. This ‘fish-out-of-water’ theme is explicit in movies like The Plumber, The Truman Show, Green Card and Witness. In films like Fearless and Dead Poets Society, his protagonists explore the sense that those around them do not appreciate the profound significance of existence.
Peter Weir remains one of the biggest names in Hollywood and the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 2022.
Pass includes:
The Plumber ( 1979 | PG ) – Saturday 21st June @1pm
Witness (1958|M) – Thursday 10th July @7pm
Dead Poets Society (1989 | PG) – Saturday 19th July @7pm
Fearless (1993|M) – Thursday 24th July @7pm
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003 | M) – Thursday 7th August @7pm
Green Card (1990 | M ) – Saturday 9th August @1pm
Book Club at the NFSA: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Director’s Cut (1975 | PG) – Sunday 17th August @1pm
His fascination with dislocation and disorientation links works of diverse genres – from rom-coms to crime thrillers, domestic dramas to historical epics like Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. This ‘fish-out-of-water’ theme is explicit in movies like The Plumber, The Truman Show, Green Card and Witness. In films like Fearless and Dead Poets Society, his protagonists explore the sense that those around them do not appreciate the profound significance of existence.
Peter Weir remains one of the biggest names in Hollywood and the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 2022.
Pass includes:
The Plumber ( 1979 | PG ) – Saturday 21st June @1pm
Witness (1958|M) – Thursday 10th July @7pm
Dead Poets Society (1989 | PG) – Saturday 19th July @7pm
Fearless (1993|M) – Thursday 24th July @7pm
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003 | M) – Thursday 7th August @7pm
Green Card (1990 | M ) – Saturday 9th August @1pm
Book Club at the NFSA: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Director’s Cut (1975 | PG) – Sunday 17th August @1pm