Rogers, Anna Backman

Picnic at Hanging Rock (BFI Film Classics)

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ISBN 13:: 9781839023354
author:: Rogers, Anna Backman
format:: Paperback
publisher:: BFI Publishing
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2022
Pages:: 104
Dimensions:: 19 x 13.6 x 0.5 centimetres (0.4
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Performing Arts, Film & Video,
Condition:: New
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£13.45

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The Picnic at Hanging Rock by Anna Backman Rogers is a thought-provoking study that explores Peter Weir's 1975 film through feminist, psychoanalytic and decolonialising perspectives. Set in 1900, the story revolves around the mysterious disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher on a trip to a local geological formation. Rogers delves into the film's production history, examining director Weir's influences and preoccupations at the time of its making, as well as its reception and lasting impact on visual culture. She also examines the film's treatment of the young schoolgirls and their teachers, exploring ideas about female hysteria as a protest against gender norms. Through this analysis, Rogers reveals that Picnic is not just a film with seductive surfaces, but one that requires its viewers to read beneath the surface to uncover its psychological depths.

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