A few years ago, my really good friend Ben and I, sat down, ordered Chinese, and put “Snowtown” on. By the time food arrived, none of us were hungry and for the whole duration of the film, we didn’t say a word to each other. Damn, we barely spoke after…
There are some depressing films out there. Then there are some very depressing ones, extremely depressing ones… and then there is “Snowtown”! Based on the “bodies in the barrels” truly horrible, infamous murders, Justin Kurzel’s lens captures and depicts torture and murder like you’ve never seen before – and probably never will. Lacking – deliberately – artistic charisma, “Snowtown’s” realism is unsettling as much as it is disturbing, projecting pure, raw violence as it is.
This is not just another film on serial killers. This is “Snowtown” on serial killers in Australia by Justin Kurzel! Where antiheroes and villains are valued less than dogshit! Where barbarity, savagery, and sadism are at their zenith! Where the “bathtub strangulation”, the “dog and the gun”, and the “brothers having a fight” sequences stay imprinted in your brain for eons!
Congratulations to the actors and actresses for delivering “despicable” amazingly!
You’ve been warned!
P.S. Do I recommend it? Definitely!!!
You can find it here: https://amzn.to/2PYN3HR
Definitely going to give this one I’m depressed enough. It happens when you support both Derby County and the Packers
Both national and international let down… Damn!