| Reference Type |
The Australian
newspaper
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| Title |
Review - The Cars that Ate Paris |
| Author(s) | Author Unknown |
| Publication Date |
24-02-1995 |
| Page Number |
11 |
| Comments |
Although brief, the article attempts to provide an overview of the history of the Road Movie genre, citing Godard's 'Weekend' through to Geoffrey Wrights 'Metal Skin' as influential examples of the genre.
Essentially as a plug for his theatrical interpretation of Peter Weir's film which premiered at the 1995 Festival of Perth, Terracini plugs his version of Cars as "..more readily accessible than Weirs"(11), with the dubious claim that the film "was really a high art piece"(11). |
| Synopsis |
Rather than providing his/her readership with a synopsis of the play, the reviewer chooses to talk about the film, stating that The Cars that Ate Paris "takes a leaf out of Steven Spielberg's first movie, 'Duel', by envisaging the road movie as a kind of contemporary beast - Gothic and menacing"(11)
In the article, Terracini comments upon 'auto-worshipping' particularly in regional Australia, where "...you've just got to have a car"(11) out of a necessity to survive. |
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