At The Movies for Wednesday 28 August 2024

AT THE MOVIES #981               BREAKING THE RULES

 

Simon Morris suggests that when it comes to breaking the film-making rules, it’s best to pick your battles.  This week The Sitting Duck is a real life French miscarriage of justice, Blink Twice is a thriller about life among the idle rich – yes, another one!   And We Were Dangerous sees three teenage girls plan to break out in 1950s New Zealand.

 

 

New Zealand film We Were Dangerous is set during the famous “moral panic” of 1954, when a new invention – the “teenager” – seemed to terrorize the powers that be!   Three rebel girls decide to get out from under.  Starring Erana James (Uproar), Nathalie Morris (One Lane Bridge) and newcomer Manaia Hall.  With Rima Te Wiata (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) as the Matron.

 

 

The Sitting Duck is the real-life story of a French trade union dispute that turns nasty.   Was the whistleblower really attacked at her home, or did she make it up to publicise her cause?   Starring Isabelle Huppert (Elle).

 

 

 

And Blink Twice is the directorial debut of actor Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) that sees a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum) invite his celebrity friends to an island getaway where all is not what it seems.  Co-starring Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston in I wanna dance with somebody), Christian Slater (True Romance) and Geena Davis (Thelma and Louise).