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Peter Weir: Seven Essential Films

Peter Weir: Seven Essential Films

Australia's greatest director remains criminally underrated

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May 28, 2024
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Credit: BEF Film Distributors

Peter Weir is an Australian national treasure. His superb body of work is studded with masterpieces, and he often coaxes career-best performances from his leads. I consider him the greatest director to have emerged from Down Under, both with his early work, and subsequent films made in the Holl…

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