I went through "that hole", too... in the fall of 1989 when I first watched the movie. Magic happened to me, nothing was the same, I was mesmerized by that movie for weeks. I have become a film buff, especially when it comes to Peter Weir films. Even today, I often watch that film and return to that magical adolescent feeling of detachment in my imagination, and I also often fantasize that by some miracle I will come to Australia and walk like you through Hanging Rocks. But life is too short, and Croatia is too far... Thank you for bringing that magic closer to us dreamers with this documentary! ;)
Sir Lez Patterson said on The Parkinson show that it was originally titled "Piss Up at Hangin' Rock". And also that his "rocky outcrop wouldn't be hanging, are ya with me Parky?"
amazing video - thank a lot for this one! I was a fan and completely under the spell of this movie from the moment I watched first time in my youth - great to see these places in such a detail as they appear nowadays. Hope to visit the place someday soon !
I was at Hanging Rock in the NSW Blue Mountains a few years ago and there was an American tourist there asking about it thinking it was the location from the movie, and that it was a true story. Superb work sir, love these productions you do.
Thanks for posting this video, well made and highly informative. I have watched the movie several times and have read the book as well and have been intrigued as to what the story is about and the significance of the rock itself. One thing that has always interested me is the religious and spiritual connection between time and place in the story. St Valentines Day is a festival steeped in Christian mythology and history , and the rock itself has for thousands of years been a sacred and spiritual place for the indigenous people of the area. Hanging Rock's history makes for some interesting reading. Thanks again for the film.
I visited this place for the first time a few years ago when it was 0 degrees! Frost everywhere. I'm sure I wasn't the only lame tourist who went walking around "looking for Miranda" too lol. Love your videos mate, keep them up!!
You ought to look at the beaches - ‘Moondah Beach’ - in both _Long Weekend_ (1978), and the remake _Long Weekend_ (2008), as well as the bush before the shore, and the little inland lake.
Hi, this is Amsterdam here. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, and it's great to see those same old rocks & places in Full HD :-) You must have enjoyed shooting these images a lot, too. I share your fascination for both the film (which came first for me) and the book. We do have one disagreement, though. At 18:10 you claim for a fact that Joan Lindsay had a chapter removed from her book. I don't believe a word of it. I know that her publisher John Taylor and her editor Sandra Forbes made that claim, at least that they made it three years after Lindsay's death, when she was no longer around to either confirm of refute their claim. But we also know from Lindsay's own words (see the interview on the Criterion Collection release) that she conceived of this novel as an open-ended narrative without any 'solution'. Lindsay was adamant about that. Add to this that NO material evidence exists of any 'removed chapter' or 'secret chapter': no correspondence with her publisher, no manuscript, no annotated typoscript, no diary entry, no transfer of rights, no notary deposition, no last will stipulating its publication (or prohibition to publish), just NOTHING. Then I believe the hypothesis is justified that Lindsay did NOT write that dreaded '18th chapter', with its awkward, copycat style and its idiotic ending. I live in Amsterdam. Much too far away to do archival research in Australia, or visit the legates of Joan Lindsay and ask for permission. But at some moment in time, an Australian young scholar must find the courage to challenge the authenticity of "The Secret of Hanging Rock", and arrive at a well-founded conclusion. Lindsay, one of Australia's most important authors, deserves better than some flunky afterthought being attributed to her legacy just like that. Just because her publisher and editor - who had a clear financial interest in publishing it - said so. Literary history is full of literary hoaxes. This could just be one of them. So many Australian students of literature. Won't anyone write a thesis about this?
Wow, you’ve convinced me. I got that info about the last chapter off the internet. Hard to know what’s true and what’s a rumour these days. Here’s another bit of trivia for you, I didn’t really get lost. My videos are full of lies 😜 thanks for watching. Amsterdam is awesome 😎
Joan herself was having a laugh at you. If you read the book closely you read about vibrating red dust and ants crossing Miranda's ankle then running under a rock. These are professional clues as to provide a real solution. That last chapter is fake. The rock had a volcanic eruption - creating that dust red cloud - they all fell into a fissure. Irma removed her corset to scramble out of a depression hole.
13:49 Probably just a composition thing in the frame. The rock behind you on the left implies further rocks to your left; so when you cut to the monolith it reads a bit better.
One day I want to be in this place too. How does Mirenda say? Everything begins - and everything ends at the right time and in the right place :-) Greetings from Germany :-)
This was so funny! I went there a few weeks ago. We were only allowed to walk half way around the base, everything else was blocked off. We had to wear masks which was a shame because the air was so fresh and pure.
You wore a mask? You're off your bleedin head if you wore a mask? You should go see a doctor and have your head examined? I've never worn a mask and back in the 1980's I never wore a condom either.
Something a little strange happened when filming, Joan Lindsay was there one day during filming and walked up to Anne Louise Lambert as Miranda and said to her, “Oh Miranda, it’s so good to see you again” the story of “Picnic at hanging rock” is a work of fiction, but this doesn’t explain Joan’s reaction on that day to seeing “Miranda”
@@darthilli well it’s not “dribble” to lots of people, it is strange because an author wouldn’t normally do that to an actor, the author’s action was like she was talking to the actor’s character as a real person.
I visited in the early 80's on a school excretion. Bus opened the doors and as youngens we ran to the rocks Annoyed the teachers by "going missing" then left realising there was no way you could go missing there. So disappointed. BTW thanks for your sarcasm it was not lost on me.
10:17 is he sitting upon the remains of the log that the girl originally sat in the movie? It seems reasonable that it wouldn't have been moved far from there because of its location, that's wild!
😂😂 funny man you are 😂 good job left some stuff out but still a good one.. now off to Aireys inlet for around the twist I have been there lots of times and I always feel like a kid again 😁
Yeah, Joan Lindsay wrote a very convincing novel, but there is no evidence of any disappearing schoolgirls in the early 20th century, so it's not true, just a good story.
your thinking to hard the filming was done around 1pm when that light came through creating an amazing experience for russell Boyd and camera operator John Seale.
27/10/2021 I think one of the girls said something like the " the timing is right" before going between the rock,s, it was like she new something and was fulfilling a date with destiny
You did well to identify some of the specific scenes! As you said, the geography is all over the place. I've been there a few times and haven't ever been certain that I'm in one of the scenes. It can be a little disorientating at the top - adds to the intrigue I suppose.
Been there long ago as a stupid young bloke i have smoked bongs on hanging rock and still nothing happened except the climb down was funny -i like your series -next has to be 18 berry st Richmond! !! Please
We're quoting a scene from the film between Ms McCraw and the carriage driver. He says millions and she disagrees. I totally understand how that may go over some people's heads. Never mind.
Awesome!! Loved this favourite classic aussie movies to death it was early from my teens now in late 30s still do thank you for playing this film and from them and now too 👍🏻
I always thought this movie was incredibly naff and boring BUT I love the score by Gheorghe Zamfir (Romanian pan flutist) as I'm Romanian by heritage and it really does remind me of the Carpathian mountains and peasant villages of the old country.
I didn't realise I was throwing in politics. I was giving the history of Hanging Rock, and Aboriginal's getting evicted was part of that history. That's how it was back then. I'm sorry you stopped watching because of that. I don't see how that's political, but anyway...
Great video. I enjoyed your 'Malcolm' one too - no idea how I ended up getting that video suggested by youtube, but I'm glad it happened. When I went to Hanging Rock about 3 years ago I found it very difficult to find the areas where the girls were filmed and I don't think I succeeded, was hard to tell - you did well to find them. There is an eeriness up there and I had a slight panic when I couldn't find my way back down at one point - thankfully a young family came along and figured it out. :) I've been to Martindale Hall and Strathalbyn in SA and have photos of 'Miranda's' room. My grandparents lived in Strath at one point, so it was quite the talking point when they filmed there.
I went there in the 1980’s. Was a stop off as part of the great Victorian bike ride . I remember a young fella managed to climb a monolith and couldn’t get down . He was desperate and asked me to get help. I went back down to the base and found a police motorcycle that was unattended. I waited around what seemed forever but no policeman showed up. So I did the right thing and just left . Thanks for checking to see if he was still there he would have been in his 50’s by now. Long time to sit on top of a rock
