Film Review – Wake in Fright

In 1971, “Wake in Fright” (also known as “Outback”) made its celebrated
debut at the Cannes Film Festival, but it was a difficult feature,
finding trouble collecting an audience in its native Australia, soon
slipping into obscurity without television and home video releases to
keep it fresh in the minds of movie fans. Over time, it was believed to
be lost. Decades later, a print was located, polished up, and returned
to glory, resulting in the reissue of powerful, frequently horrifying
picture from director Ted Kotcheff, perhaps finally receiving the
audience it deserves. Brutal, but in a deceptively causal manner, “Wake
in Fright” submits one the sharpest depictions of Outback life I’ve come
into contact with, imagining the vast land as a sun-baked prison from
which there is no escape. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com