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The Last Wave

The Last Wave

Peter Weir, 1977

Spine #142

Picked by 2 guests

Drama / Mystery / Horror

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Peter Weir

Written by Peter Weir, Petru Popescu, Tony Morphett

Cinematography Russell Boyd

Edited by Max Lemon

Cast Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Athol Compton, Peter Carroll, Walter Amagula

Picked by

Jennifer Kent

“Love this one. Australian, from Peter Weir, it's The Last Wave. I didn't see it for a long time because I'm embarrassed to say I thought it was a film about surfing. It's not a film about surfing, it's a film about the end of the world perhaps, and it's one of his most sort of mystical and spiritual films. An amazing Performance by David Gulpilil. Love it.”

Jeremy Thomas

“The Last Wave by the master Peter Weir. Peter Weir is a good friend of mine and we share a beach in Australia where I go and it's got David Gulpilil who was in my first film I produced Mad Dog. I'm looking forward to seeing this again. I remember all the water pouring out of the radio is magnificent shot.”