Saturday, 27 May 2017

Film No. 35 (2017) The Hounds of Love. May 19th.

Film No. 35 (2017) May 19th.  6.30 PM LUNA PALACE, Leederville.



"You're going to write a letter to your parents, you've met a bloke and he's bought you a ticket to Adelaide" (Evelyn instructs Vicki what she needs to do to divert suspicion over her disappearance).





It's not often the sensation of wanting to walk out of a film is for reasons other than its inadequacies. Hounds of Love rubbed on my senses like a pair of stiff new shoes rubbed on the heels of my feet recently. Our foray into a modest suburban house during a long hot Western Australian summer in the late eighties takes us through a nightmare most of us have only ever read about; the nightmare of being kidnapped and held against ones will. This taut disturbing drama is made more taut by a memorable performance from Emma Booth as an obsessed lover with little self esteem. If you don't like brutally confronting cinema, Hounds of Love won't be for you. 10GUMS.  

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