Look Both Ways 2005
- Director: Sarah Watt (1958-2011)
- Based on a novel: no
- Cast: Justine Clarke, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes, Elena Carapetis, Lisa Flanagan
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Justine Clarke – Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome
- Anthony Hayes – The Slap, Ned Kelly, Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Lisa Flanagan – Strangerland, Black and White
- Why? Took a chance
- Seen: 30 August 2020
Three stories intertwine. Meryl (Clarke),
an illustrator, imagines death in every situation, then witnesses the death of
a young man running in front of a train to rescue his dog. Nick (McInnes), a
photojournalist, is told after a routine medical exam that he has testicle
cancer that has spread to the lungs and possibly elsewhere. His colleague Andy
(Hayes), obsessed with interpreting the deaths of all young men as suicides, is
told by his sometimes girlfriend Anna (Flanagan) that she is pregnant. Neither
of them is happy about it.
Other threads weave into the tapestry of
this quirkily filmed Australian gem about picking up the pieces and putting
them back together again after life-shattering moments.
4* of 5
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