| Title |
Beneath the Waters - Symbolism in Jindabyne |
| Released |
2006 |
| Production Year |
2006 |
| Comments |
The article from the britannica demonstrates the history of the town, settlement, the indigenous culture and the hardships of rural towns. Lawrence links the fractured relationships of his characters to the real life experiences dealt with in places including Jindabyne with reconciliation being the biggest test. The film itself is an example of Australian history and the setting is all too familiar. Although Jindabyne is fictional, the way Lawrence depicts Australian culture and the issues surrounding racial division and conflict, he has added significant truth to the story. With everyday themes involving, family, emotion, trauma, death, culture, history and responsibility, the article confirms Ray Lawrences aims to achieve the realism that is displayed and the unsubtle symbols within the film.
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| Synopsis |
Jindabyne is only the third Brure fiim directed by Ray lawrence. an enigmatic Australian who followed up his experimental and unforgettably dark adaptation of Peter Carey's Bliss (1985) with the equaiiy brooding Lantana [2001) sixteen years later. Lawrence proffers a host of themes in his latest film about four working-ciass men who stumble onto a crime scene at the Snowy River. Men discover the floating corpse of a young Aboriginal woman only to callously fish around her; a woman suffers the final
indignity of being tethered by her ankles in the river where she was dumped. The following article focuses on how the director's mise en scene and semiotics (or 'film language') illuminate his central ideas and themes, it also explores the film's significance in the context of Australia's status as a
post-colonial society.
Jindabyne is a film about the fractured relations of men and women, as well as racial divisions in contemporary Australia. As such, Lawrence explores the necessary conditions for reconciliation in
a colonial settlement. The film weighs into a decade-long political debate in this country.
http://media.web.britannica.com/ebsco/pdf/084/28440084.pdf |
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