High Ground
Leigh and Tim discuss new Australian film High Ground, a powerful historical drama that gives insight into the country's troubled past. Plus, big trailers drop for Godzilla vs Kong and Raya and the Last Dragon; there's a first look at Kristen Stewart as Diana Spencer; and Kevin Hart signs on for another video game movie.
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HIGH GROUND MOVIE REVIEW
Leigh: One thing I have to call out – and I'm curious what you thought about this technique – was the framing of shots through the crosshairs of the guns. What did you think of that?
Tim: Because Simon Baker's character in High Ground was a sniper, I think it wanted to position you as the audience from his vantage point and how he saw the world. There's a lot of dialogue between his character and Gutjuk (Jacob Junior Nayinggul) as they develop some sort of relationship on their journey through Arnhem Land. He was educating him about the world of a sniper and how you position yourself and what you can see. And I think, yeah, that framing was really interesting. But it was telling the story of Simon Baker's character more than anything, I think, and his unique vantage point of seeing the world. How did you interpret that?
Leigh: I saw it as a metaphor for how a lot of colonists at the time viewed Indigenous people, as prey or animals. Always through the crosshairs. I thought that was so powerful and an amazing technique.
Tim: As you've said that I've got chills because I'm just taking myself back to my experience in the cinema watching this. That is such a powerful way of interpreting that creative choice.
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