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1979 | Colin
Best Actor | 1978 | John
1978 | Richard
1978 | Richard
1979 | Colin
Despite winning numerous awards and being a success overseas, the film was a flop both critically and commercially in its home country of Australia.
The decision to have rainy weather in the early driving scenes was an effort to hide the fact that the interior scenes in Peter's jeep were filmed inside a darkened garage. During the shooting grips would run past carrying flashlights to make it appear like they were lights from passing cars.
The tree that the harpoon gets impaled into, then later dies and decays throughout the climax, wasn't actually part of the forest at the filming location. It was cut and transported to the location for the shoot so that it could gradually be destroyed during the film.
Cinematographer Vincent Monton said that the weather conditions while shooting the film were eerily co-operative. He said when the script would call for a scene with sunny skies the weather would be beautiful, but as the intensity and strangeness of the script grew the weather conditions would change to match the moody atmosphere of the scenes being filmed. Throughout the shoot the weather always seemed to change to suit the scene that was being made!
When the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, producer Richard Brennen noticed a man get up and leave the screening after only 10 minutes of the film. He followed the man out to ask him why he was leaving. It turned out the gentleman was a film distributor for South America and was going to buy the rights to the film after seeing only minutes of it. In total four foreign distributors bought rights to release the picture during the screening.
"Peter: Saw another car down the end of the beach, thought we had the place to ourselves. Look what's shitting you anyway? Marcia: I told you I've got a splitting... Peter: No I mean what's really shitting you Marcia: I'm bored Peter: Well christ whose bloody faults that get off your arse and do something instead of smoking cigarettes and reading dirty books, amuse yourself Marcia: I wanted to go to Eildon remember Peter: Oh alright then take the car and piss off, go on piss off Marcia: Peter I'm not the type for crapping in the sunshine and yearning round campfires Peter: Waters too cold, the suns too hot Marcia: Alright then so what am I supposed to do Peter: Ah why don't you go fuck yourself Marcia"
"Marcia: Love, I wasn't kidding. Let's get out of here. Peter: Ah, come on... Marcia: I don't like it. Peter: It's a little bit of mould on the chicken! Marcia: I'm not talking about a f*cking chook!"
