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Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd.
Directed by: Peter Weir
This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all- female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society, Weir’s gorgeous, disquieting film is a work of poetic horror whose secrets haunt viewers to this day.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Documentary, Introduction, Short Film, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Extended interview with Peter Weir
- New piece on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2003 with executive producer Patricia Lovell, producers Hal McElroy and Jim McElroy, and cast members
- New introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
- A Recollection . . . Hanging Rock 1900 (1975), an on-set documentary hosted by Patricia Lovell and featuring interviews with Peter Weir, actor Rachel Roberts, and source novel author Joan Lindsay
- Homesdale (1971), an award-winning black comedy by Weir
- Trailer
- A booklet featuring an essay by author Megan Abbott and an excerpt from film scholar Marek Hatlof
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Release Notes on Restoration
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock is presented in director's preferred aspect ratio of 1.78:1. On standard 4:3 televisions the image will appear letterboxed. On widescreen televisions, the image should fill the screen. Supervised by director Peter Weir, this new digitally remastered high-defintion digital transfer was created on a Spirit DataCine from a 35mm interpositive at Deluxe Melbourne, where the film was also restored. Additional restoration work was done by Criterion to address jitter, flicker, and chroma breathing.
The 5.1 surround mix was created from the original 35 mm magnetic tracks by Phil Heywood at Atlab in Sydney, under the supervision of Weir. Additional restoration work was done by Criterion using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX 3.
The 5.1 surround mix was created from the original 35 mm magnetic tracks by Phil Heywood at Atlab in Sydney, under the supervision of Weir. Additional restoration work was done by Criterion using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX 3.