Picnic at Hanging Rock /
Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the film concerns a small group of students from an all-female college and a chaperone, who vanish while on a St. Valentine's Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
[publisher not identified],
[2014]
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| Edition: | Criterion collection. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
29. |
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| Summary: | Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the film concerns a small group of students from an all-female college and a chaperone, who vanish while on a St. Valentine's Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay. Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. Special features: Extended interview with Weir; New piece on the making of the film; New introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of the new biographical dictionary of film; A recollection ... ; Homesdale (1971) an award-winning black comedy by Weir; A booklet featuring an essay by author. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet + 1 book (196 pages). |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.78:1, 16x9) presentation; 5.1 Surround sound. |
| Audience: | Rating: PG. |
| ISBN: | 9781604658705 1604658703 |