| Reference Type |
The Australian
newspaper
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| Title |
The Cars that Ate Paris |
| Author(s) | Janet Hawley |
| Publication Date |
06-06-1973 |
| Page Number |
37 |
| Comments |
The article is an entertaining read, especially with its portrayal of Peter Weir as a then very young director, who is described by the journalist as bearing "an angelic face, glowing in its hedge of golden hair"(37).
Particularly interesting is Weir's comment that his film may not be so far from the truth, with his anecdote (that sounds suspiciously like an urban myth - or so we would hope!) about a "tow-truck driver who spreads an oil slick on a bend and waits for business down the road"(37). |
| Synopsis |
In Hawley's interview, Weir comments upon the inspiration behind the film, which is then yet to be made, whereby "..one rainy day driving in the south of France a road gang diverted me up a side street and I was driving I didn't know where. I began these fascinating thoughts about the macabre way we accept road accidents as a fact of life"(37)
Weir continues, with the rather poignant environmental statement that "..if there's life on Mars looking down, who could blame them for thinking cars are creatures inhabiting Earth. Cars eat, excrete, breed and multiply in choking competition with humans"(37) |
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