The Last Wave
The Last Wave
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Der junge australische Anwalt vertritt ein Gruppe Aborigines, die des Mordes beschuldigt werden. Doch die Angeklagten verweigern ihre eigene Verteidigung. Burton wird mit der ihm völlig fremden Kultur der schwarzen Ureinwohner konfrontiert. Sie führen ihn in eine sonderbare, unterirdische Kultstätte, in der uralte Relikte eine entsetzliche Sintflut prophezeien. Währenddessen gehen heftige Regenfälle auf Sydney nieder... (Verleiher-Text)
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Strange movie, which is thematically quite distant from us, on the other hand, it is possible to find something in it that we have lost in the present time. And that is a connection with nature and its mysteries. If we are willing to delve into the movie, it is probably possible to find a deep depth of thoughts in it, but the film certainly doesn't simplify it in any way.
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And it rains and it pours. In 1976 there was Satan, two years later viewers were touched by the Medusa, but before this in 1977 Weir flushed them both out with his contribution to this wave of mysterious movies kicked off at the beginning of the seventies by the Exorcist. What makes this a classic is not just the “evil with a human face", but mainly the heavily uneasy atmosphere which, the same as the former, nibbles away at you with a “but what if, after all..."
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Very well made and with a strong atmosphere, but so slow. The boredom is unavoidable, especially when there are very few topics that I find less interesting than Australian Aborigines… The person who in their review of The Medusa Touch recommended The Last Wave, saying that “it’s similar but a little better” must be mad.
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