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A Peter Weir Retrospective

21 August 2011 11:01 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Flickering Myth presents a detailed look at the work of internationally renowned Australian filmmaker Peter Weir...

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Weir Did He Go? Flickering Myth Welcomes Back Peter Weir

Trevor Hogg introduces the Peter Weir Blogathon.

A Weir View: A Peter Weir Profile

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of director Peter Weir in a two-part article from 2009.

Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess and Peter Weir on The Way Back

Actors Saoirse Ronan and Jim Sturgess and director Peter Weir discuss The Way Back.

Master and Commander: Peter Weir Returns with The Way Back

Trevor Hogg discusses the making of The Way Back.

Exclusive Interviews...

Picture Perfect: A conversation with cinematographer Russell Boyd

Cutting Edge: A conversation with film editor Lee Smith

The Weir Way: Russell Boyd and Lee Smith Talk About Peter Weir

Career Retrospective...

The Cars That Ate Paris, 1974.

Starring John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Max Gillies and Bruce Spence. »

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Peter Weir Retrospective: Gallipoli (1981)

11 January 2011 11:39 PM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the director's fourth feature...

Gallipoli, 1981.

Directed by Peter Weir.

Starring Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Yunupingu and Heath Harris.

Synopsis:

Gallipoli evolves around the growing relationship between two runners whose destiny with death takes them to the Turkish battlefield where thousands of Australian soldiers were slaughtered during Wwi.

War has the power to shape a country’s psyche especially when the military engagement involves young soldiers senselessly dying. One such defining moment occurred when Australia was barely into its teenage years as a nation with the infamous Wwi battle of Gallipoli; it inspired Peter Weir’s 1981 film of the same name.

“I went to Istanbul, hired a car and drove to the battlefield, an extraordinary experience.” recalled the well regarded Australian film director of his 1976 trip to Turkey. “I saw no one in two days »

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