Lantana

[KTS]

"Love is the greatest mystery."

"Sometimes love is not enough."

When a woman disappears, the intertwining lives of four couples become more complex and disturbed. Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rysh, Barbara Hershey.

I'm kicking myself because I missed this in the Kino. I saw it on video the other night, and I must say it's fantastic. Very slow-moving for the first hour, it is however worth the wait a complex Australian movie mixing love-story, drama and mystery plots, with fantastic acting, great score, and brilliant cinemtography.

Highly recommended.


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[Lucas]

Yeah I managed to catch Lantana in the Kino last September and it was well worth seeing. I really liked it, very well-acted and memorable, the atmosphere and characters stayed with me vividly for a long time afterwards. I agree it was very slow-paced though, the audience I saw it with were surprisingly restless and impatient with it. I liked it though.

[Disco_Kev]

saw it in the Kino too. Lovely little Aussie film. It makes some nice observations on human interactions. The way the lives of the characters intertwinted was well written. I might get it out now that its on tape.

[damien]

Tape ? Whats that [p]

[redbulljunkie]

The stuff you find entangled in your vhs recorder

[Disco_Kev]

yeah I got one of them video machine thingys

[KTS]

It's a brilliant movie, with a closing scene-montage-with-music that could rival the one at the end of "Donnie Darko".

[Lucas]

Yeah it reminded me of Donnie Darko a little in places. I'd say if you're a David Lynch fan you'll probably enjoy Lantana. Or a fan of those intertwining character studies like Short Cuts and Magnolia.