Picnic at Hanging Rock

Before bringing his unique Australian sensibility to Hollywood (Witness), Peter Weir directed this mysterious story of three turn-of-the-20th-century schoolgirls and a chaperone inexplicably drawn to an outcropping of volcanic rock and vanishing without a trace. Criterion's welcome high-definition remastering of its dated catalog title aids this masterwork heavily dependent on a pristine presentation to cast fully its dreamy spell. Among several noteworthy extras, the out-of-print source novel is included in the preferred dual-format edition. [See Trailers, LJ 5/1/14.] (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Before bringing his unique Australian sensibility to Hollywood (Witness), Peter Weir directed this mysterious story of three turn-of-the-20th-century schoolgirls and a chaperone inexplicably drawn to an outcropping of volcanic rock and vanishing without a trace. Criterion's welcome high-definition remastering of its dated catalog title aids this masterwork heavily dependent on a pristine presentation to cast fully its dreamy spell. Among several noteworthy extras, the out-of-print source novel is included in the preferred dual-format edition. [See Trailers, LJ 5/1/14.]