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Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Last Wave |
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THE LAST WAVE is a movie co-written and directed by Peter Weir in 1977 in
Australia.
Richard Chamberlain is living in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two little girls. As a lawyer, he has to defend a group of native Aborigenes accused to have murdered one of their companions. They are reluctant to give informations to him but soon Chris, the youngest of the accused, after
Chamberlain has revealed to him that he is having upsetting dreams, will introduce the shaman of his tribe to the lawyer. Meanwhile, strange weather conditions bring black rains, stormy days and nights all over Australia.
For those who liked PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK. Haunting.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Last Wave |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Fantasy/Magic in story?
Yes
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- finding a killer/saboteur/criminal/spy
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- flood
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- clairvoyant
- can see into the future
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- mage/magician
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- can see into the future
- can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- funny heat-delusions
Misc setting
- prison
- sewers/subways
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of torture
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- fright
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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