IFWT #26 - Wake in Fright (1971)
Following our analysis on Roadgames (1981), we’re returning to the Australian Outback with Wake In Fright. Released during a crucial time for Australian cinema, premiering at the beginning of both the Australian New Wave and Ozploitation movement, it follows indentured schoolteacher John Grant as he prepares to take a hiatus from the sands of the Outback and travel to the coast for his Christmas holiday. But a reckless and impulsive decision leaves him penniless and stranded in a small rural town, where there’s seemingly nothing to do but while away the hours drinking beer after beer. Falling…
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