Nitram - Official Trailer
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Now showing in Australian cinemas. #Nitram (Caleb Landry-Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However when that friendship meets its tragic end, and Nitram’s loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts. A film by #JustinKurzel.
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I have this theory that when you're trying to decide whether you should watch a film or not you come to UA-cam watch the trailer AND read comments for about 5 minutes.. Its honestly better than going off a rotten tomatoes or imdb rating
Truly. Rotten Tomatoes reviews are made by nit-picky people on some high horse I feel.
This is 100% why I am here!
lol stay off my phone
Honestly
Exactly! This is just what I do I stay away from the critics views because they’re always wrong or negative.
GO SEE THIS FILM. It’s shocking, it’s disturbing, it makes your skin crawl, but it’s a story that needed to be told. I wanted to hate Landry-Jones’ performance. As an Aussie actor, I was upset they had cast an American in a role about such an infamous moment in Australian history. Having now seen it, I cannot fault his performance in anyway. This film is unmissable, the best Australian movie I’ve seen in a long time. Go see it in the cinema.
Is Caleb addressed as Martin or Nitram in the film? Cheers
@@anthonybyrne1084 i believe he’s addressed to as Nitram once but he’s definitely never referred to as Martin
@@anthonybyrne1084 I noticed one moment in the movie when you can hear his dad call him "Mart"
I'm pretty sure I heard the dad say that at least once
He was fantastic. Maybe no Aussie actors wanted to play the role, fearing career suicide
I wish I'd known about this movie, I would've seen it at the cinema definitely. Its on stan though so I guess thatll have to do.
I grew up in Hobart and was 18 when the Port Arthur massacre happened. I remember all the media in the mall questioning people, asking randoms how they felt, if they knew anyone who was there, if they knew Martin. They were like seagulls swarming around bits of food scraps trying to get the last chip.
Caleb landry Jones is booked and busy!!!!! Ugh I love that for him. This kid will win an Oscar one day. The director is brilliant as well, snowtown was a masterpiece !!!
He won at the Cannes
Even better, he won Best Actor at Cannes
Calebs acting was insane. Perfect person for the role and played it incredibly well. So well it was like we were watching the real Nitram. Incredibly sad, creepy and worrying. Its about his life, his thoughts and dealing with his emotions on the daily. Amazing acting within the cast.
An absolute masterpiece. The acting, writing and cinematography all outstanding. A deeply uncomfortable watch but done exceptionally well.
Where can you watch this?
@@ambermina I’m unsure if you live outside Australia? It’s currently in the cinemas here. Hopefully to you soon?
@@jclogue7 I sure hope so :(
Im in the states. Las Vegas.
I just watched it, so good 👍
Where in the world can you see this production? Nitram Martin. As above so below
Congratulations on his Cannes best actor award
Yeah thoroughly deserved - such an authentic representation. Great skill by a non-Aussie actor.
I just finished watching this movie and I will tell u, I was shocked that this was a true story. After I finished watching it, I did my research and I couldn’t believe what happened that day. Rest in peace to the victims.
Im 30 mins into this film, I can tell you the acting is next-level.
I met Caleb in 2015 on a film set. He was cool and down to earth! Really cool to see him win Cannes Best Actor.
Was he weird??
@@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes your moms weird… why would he be weird?
@@eriksmith5740why are you replying to someone who wasn't asking you? Fuck off maybe?
Everyone was absolutely fantastic in this! They all approached their characters with integrity and respect! I know it’s a touchy subject but it’s important that we keep the memory alive
As someone who grew up in Tasmania and is very familiar with the Port Arthur case, I thought this was an absolutely phenomenal and impactful film that gives us insight into Martin as a person. Most importantly, it is a sad yet important reminder of the many lives lost that day. You will never be forgotten ♥️
'Nitram' certainly doesn't glorify him, there is very little violence that occurs on screen which I found respectful and tasteful. Whilst some consider the film insensitive or unnecessary, I think it's not only important to learn his backstory, but it is a big part of Australian history that cannot be forgotten. We cannot forget the tragedy that occured that day, and the many lives lost.
It's also a perfect presentation of our systemic mistakes and failures.. the perfect example of why lenient gun laws are a danger to society and why access to supports is essential for those with disabilities.
Please do yourself a favour and watch this.
Caleb Landry Jones is... I don't even have words. He is more than amazing.
I'm a West Aussie and saw this at the cinema today. I was in year 6 when it happened (still remember it coming on the news) and I'm 35 now... I left firstly feeling that if I was a Tasmanian, I couldn't have watched it. Secondly, that it was brilliantly done. The cast was truly epic.
I only found this movie existed today. I was 18 when this happened, I grew up in Hobart and remember all the media in the Hobart mall, it all felt very surreal.
I was going to watch this going off all the comments it sounds like it was done really well. I was curious why you wldnt watch it if you were from tassie, is it because its too close to home or a diff reason? Cheers.
Glad to see Kurzel return to making personal, searing movies. Really happy Caleb is getting due recognition. Got to meet both of them, and they're really good dudes
They are both amazing! Lucky you to have met them 😊
Sure you did
I just finished watching it. I’ve been dying to watch this movie for months now but it only came to Canada April 1st 2022 which was my 3 year anniversary of sobriety. I was waiting for the right pocket of time to watch this alone, in quiet.
I cannot put into words how next level this film is. The story, unfortunately, has a lot of allure but I wasn’t expecting this. Caleb has always been an excellent actor in my opinion but this performance truly is Oscar-worthy. Anthony LaPaglia, Essie Davis and Judy Davis could all be in the running for best supporting too.
Please, if for whatever reason you don’t know the Port Arthur Massacre story, read up on it, watch videos and the interviews with Martin Bryant, and THEN watch this film.
I don’t think this film would have the same effect if you learned about it after, brilliant as it is.
Congrats on your sobriety keep up the good work
This is a very intelligent trailer.Leaves you expecting to see more and wanting to watch the film...
But only there isnt anymore it dosent get any better hence why nothing happened in the trailer.
@@beeragonewhere2819wtf are you on about..
@@beeragonewhere2819you haven't seen it, better than those crappie Marvel movies.
Here is why the title of the film is written backwards: "The film, which is being made by streaming service Stan, will not refer to gunman Martin Bryant (to be played by Caleb Landry-Jones) by name, however, the title is his first moniker spelled backwards."
They won’t say his name they’ll make an award winning film about the act he specifically to be remembered. You hear that potential mass murders? If you do this heinous act they might just make a movie about you.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s a great movie. Incredibly well acted. I’m on the fence. These simple monsters do this stuff fir infamy. If Martin ever finds out (if he doesn’t know already) he’d be tickled pink that a movie was made about him. If they can’t say his name should we be making movies like this?
I don't think making a film out of it adds much in the way of copycat crime. In the film itself it shows how he was perhaps influenced by the news reports of a similar act in Scotland.
@@eggZ663it was a number of events, probably the main one was when that trashy real estate agent sold a house to a higher bidder after telling Martin's father the house was his.
Saw it at the Cannes Festival, a well-told sadly true story with a strong cast
Do they show a lot of... you know... the thing?
@@mattkirby994 No. The movie ends with him going to Port Arthur, but nothing of the massacre is shown.
@@mattkirby994 why would you think they would dude?
Just like Snowtown, this movie is nothing short of a masterpiece. Incredible performances by every cast member. As a Melbournian, I could tell right away it was filmed in the Geelong region. I like their approach, to not name him Martyn and to not film it in Tas. I know the making of this film was controversial, but I'm glad they did it.
One of the most powerful films I have ever seen. Caleb-Landry Jones' performance was truly terrifying, Judy Davis and Anthony LsPaglia equally brilliant. A very difficult film to 'like' but I was gripped and appalled in equal measure.
I just finished this film and wow. Caleb Landry-Jones performance was incredible.
I just saw this movie and OMG! what a masterpiece.
Powerful trailer - can't wait to see this!
This movie was amazing! Caleb was outsanding! Also this is a really good trailer
I agree! Enjoyed it
wtf I just watched, I came to watch the movie without knowing anything, I thought it gonna be about a sad motivational movie with a guy with mental issues that kind of shit, but damn it blew my mind, amazing movie, the acting was incredible too. I didn't know the story behind. Really good job
Snowtown was very brutal and sad. Can't wait to watch this.
I didn’t understand the name of the movie until I realized it’s the killers name spelled backwards “Martin”
After you copied shoji suzuki's comment ,someone will copy yours then someone copies theirs, then boom 50 percent of the comments will be about nitram being martin backwards
It looks like a cross between We Need to Talk about Kevin and Muriel’s Wedding
It’s about one of the worst mass shootings in world history lmao
@@pats3071 You're terrible, Pat S...
@@lonewretch but it is tho. the title of the film is nitram, spelled backward is martin, for martin bryant. mass shooter who killed 34(?) people
Yep, him burning something in the backyard and the relationship between child and parent reminded me a lot of Muriel's Wedding
@@ChaosCallsLOL Well he doesn't sound like a nice bloke. I hope they caught him!
Muy fuerte esta pelicula. Excelentes actuaciones de todos. Merecidos todos los premios.
you’d have no idea landry isn’t aussie. kurzel does it again. didn’t realise till a minute from the end who the movie was actually about
Been watching Martin Bryant stuff today and never heard of him before then i saw this trailer for a movie about him.
Sweet
Still waiting for wasp - the port Arthur massacre. That movie will depict things more factually. It is said the producer started out wanting to make a movie about the massacre and ended up having to deviate on his original plans because the main stream narrative was a fabricated mess.
it's interesting because his life was so bizarre
Casefile podcast has a brilliant and incredibly heartbreaking episode of the massacre.
@@ailfawka6278 that's a ridiculous statement and conspiracy theory.
@@alcook8339 So you know exactly what happened then? You were an eyewitness? You can explain all the weird anomalies in the case? the floor is yours
That trailer was the scariest trailer I think I have ever seen tbh. I feel sick. Gotta watch this, can tell the actors and director did a fine job.
What I don't understand is why/how a person like Martin Bryant was able to travel in different countries, especially the US (alone, I believe)? Was is that easy in the 90s? Applying a passport, visas IDs, some paperwork, all the mumbo jumbo of travelling requires a bit of intellect. Even his assets were under the management of Public Trustees because of the order based of his "diminished intellectual capacity".
And here I am getting stressed if I'm going to have the valid IDs I need next year. LOL.
He was millionaire
Flying before 9/11 was far easier. Rarely any security checks.
Flying to different countries waa easy in the 90 s, and a visa not needed for many countries.
One of the greatest, most horrific character studies I've ever seen.
I’m excited to see the movie and Tasmania one day
Tasmania truly is one of the most stunning places I have ever been. Hope you get there soon!
That was a trashy real estate agent who sold a house to a higher bidder after telling Martin's father that it was his if he had the funds which he did, she was part of the problem and one of the reasons he went crazy.
Nitram is an Australian drama-thriller film directed by Justin Kurzel from a screenplay by Shaun Grant, centered around the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. The film stars Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Ben O'Toole.
The subtle reversal of the name, Martin. Kinda creepy.
Very curious to see this movie----when it´s possible again here after the Lockdown...;)...hopefully open air...)
they won't put this in theaters in australia, best bet would be to get the australian streaming service stan, which will have it come 24th of november.
@@dezrons5679 it was in cinemas in australia lol
one of the best rated Australian film since Breaker Morant
Caleb did a fantastic job. I was skeptical because he's American and the Australian accent is notoriously hard to do, but he nailed it. I was quite affected by this movie.
Auzzie accent notoriously hard to do? No it ain't....🙂
@@davids736 Some actors don't do it well though. For example Charlie Hunnam is an excellent actor but his Australian accent in Shantaram wasn't very accurate. fortunately he kept his original accent in True History of the Kelly Gang, by the same director of this movie - he's excellent in that!
@@davids736 I'm guessing you're not Australian...
It's good they didn't try to glorify the gunman by never mentioning him by name.
This movie is a pure fiction.
The person you are referring to is a patsy.
Anyone know when and how we can watch this? Also highly recommend the book ‘Born or Bred’ by Robert Wainwright. Focuses on Bryant’s history rather than the massacre.
It's kind of strange when Caleb Landry Jones win the Cannes Best Actor award.
Think about it, he is the only American in an Australian production who portray a very famous mass killer in Tasmania.
In case you didn't get my drift, I was saying it's like Cannes try to distant Australian from this film. I know this is probably not the case, but I am just stating the fact of this award....
You see Australian and British actors win awards for playing Americans. Why not an American actor too?
@@landonle3308 lol, nothing wrong with American playing Australian and win award, Mel Gibson did it, Elizabeth Moss did it, I am just pointing out the coincident on an Australian film portraying a ass shooting and they pick an American (which you know what the American most famous for?) to win at Cannes......
@@cosplayshop people include victims' families would upset to see this film
@undeadkid101 101 No, and obviously you have not read my comment fully, already said this is not an issue to cast an American on Australian production in both my previous comment.
You think people would have read everything before they reply to a comment, but apparently, this is too much to ask.
@@cosplayshop okay you don't really seem to be making any kind of point, also Mel Gibson IS Australian lol
Can’t wait to see this.
Christ! I think that was the creepiest 2 min of film I have ever seen.
I'm here from "wilderpeople" to see what else Madman makes for us. This seems a departure from the feelgood Ricky Baker, but a compelling one.
When a mother is jealous about a relationship between a father and a daughter, it is completely wrong. But: when nobody understands the pain of a Person, who needs a friend. Or a Lover. Or who sees every detail in a "toads" affection for it's own purpose, while he is respectful and innocent in a way, no one understands. Then people don't know Shit about "Owlyssess" speaking. It's learning through the eyes of outkasts. 🖤
Wow that short time shows the mental instability and parental neglect, these story’s need telling for education , this tragedy could have been easily avoided
Parental neglect? Did you even bother to research what happened with Martin Bryant mother desperately trying to seek mental health care for her son from the Tasmanian Government numerous times and being rejected? Study some facts mate before making an ass of yourself...
@undeadkid101 101 you’re not very educated huh? I’m also guessing by your profile name that you probably weren’t even born when this event happened. I also think you know nothing about this incident in detail. Especially when it come to the SAS members and the Blackhawk Crash incident that ties into this with the VicPol SOG team too...but whatever mate, live in your safe space bubble thinking the government never lies to the people....having worked for the government,yeah....I know nothing right?🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Fool.
A very dark, brilliant film. Caleb is one of the best actors alive.
Challenging to watch because of the subject matter but an absolutely brilliant film. All around.
I can't believe Kurzel didnt cast Lucas Pittaway in the lead again. He look almost exaxtly like Bryant
you're right, he would've been good too. maybe he didn't want to play him?
CALEB LANDRY JONES...BEST ACTOR EVER FOR ME.
Chilling... wow
Can't wait!
Looks amazing
This Guy was an absolute Psycho and Soziopath. Great Masterpiece of a Movie.
I want to watch this so bad, it will probably never release in canada though
Too bad I can't watch this in the UK. Really intrigued
I just saw this movie in theater, and I went in completely blind, so for a long while I thought it was some kind of dark napoleon dynamite, and I was laughing at moments and kinda talking at the screen until I realized where this was going. There weren't many people there, but those few probably think I'm some kind of loony larry
yeah I mean you were talking to the fucking screen at the cinema dude
Going to watch this tomorrow !
Caleb Landry Jones is a phenomenal actor.
Seems like a nice family movie. What's it based on?
it's based on the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, a deeply disturbing Martin Bryant, who shot and killed 35 people at a Tasmanian tourist site .
@@Mami3Cast Well that doesn't sound family friendly at all. Sounds rather horrible, if you ask me. Where is it showing.
Lies
@@Mami3Cast but the left out that he was under sinister mind control known as "MK ULTRA" Research Mk Ultra
@@genilag4679 I hope they catch him.
My dumbass just noticed that this is Martin spelled backwards 🥴🥴🥴
My heart. My heart.
will it ever be available in america??
Guess how I got here?
I think Snowtown was more honest about it was meant to be
Bruh I almost got selected to be in this movie
The actual neighbor heiress looked way different.
Caleb 👏❤
Whoops, forgot to include the 3 girlfriends this profoundly isolated loner had including the one he was sleeping with on the day of the massacre.
YEW THE MAD HUEYSSSS
"Laughing at my pain".
That's rich. Fuck this movie.
He only did what he did because he was bullied and humiliated all his life. The people of Tasmania brought this upon themselves. Maybe try being a little nicer to people next time.
The people who he killed didn't bully him though, he didn't even know most of them. Bryant was/is just an evil asshole.
He was also a high support needs autistic man with oppositional defiance disorder who needed constant care, monitoring and support. People unfortunately all around the globe are heavily ableist, it isn't just Tasmania.
What he did that day is unforgiveable, but it definitely could have been avoided. Unfortunately things were different in the 90s compared to now, but we're still catching up.
Good movie...biggest set up ever though...
Based on some of the comments, it seems the film didn't actually portray the kind of person he was long before the massacre?? He was a sadistic cruel bully and did horrible things to animals.. he tormented the few people who did befriend him. Did the movie not show any of that?? (I loved True History of the Kelly Gang, but this case is much more recent so it feels a bit heartless to make him seem like someone the audience can sympathise with. I'm trying to work out if I should watch the film)
An American Actor, orchestrating 35 killings plus dozens of wounded-leading to confiscation of most Australian guns. Domino effect of gun restrictions did not occur in United States as some predicted.
Get out, david icke... gdi...
@@lonewretch -You’re the i d i o t . . Caleb Jones is an American actor featuring in this fictionalised plot. Learn to read! post refers to a movie on UA-cam.
@@davidapswoude3259 But it's not fiction. Are you ok?
@@lonewretch Fiction-it is. Unless You think that Oliver Stones JFK with Kevin Costner was a documentary… “Actor’s “ act…. Fiction.
@@davidapswoude3259 You're fiction. Prove that you even exist.
Damn you nut cases are worrisome. And I don't mean conspiracy theorists. I mean nut cases.
im so excited to see this movie
Where can I watch this? Going crazy trying to find it lol
i hear it will be on Australian streaming service stan come 24th of november...
incredible movie
Piano song ?
"Laughing at my pain ..." this is pure narcissism - this tells me more about the fictional mother than the mentally challenged son. Children laugh when they feel they have won a game. I know this is a script writers fantasy, but it doesn't help to have the mother project her own self-centredness onto the boy.
It tells you lies ! None of it happened.
Seems like a pretty objective statement and who knows if that was actually said. Normal children don't laugh hysterically when their mother is in extreme distress/pain.
Release date for North America?
doubt it will be, but once it goes digital on the australian streaming service stan it might appear online.
@@dezrons5679 Hit me up when it releases i australia! xd
@@philippebeauchamp2827 24th november on stan, not sure where it will go from there
Don’t bother full of lies
Disgusting movie.
Martin is innocent and the evidence is beyond doubt.
Shame on you for making this. You will get your karma.
What makes you say so? I'm not very familiar with this shooting, so I'm only asking out of curiously. If you tell me to go make my own research, fair enough. I'm just asking.
@@tinfoilhatcovidiot Thank you for the much detailed answer. This gave me a well-needed footing, to do my own research with.
I typed in W.A.S.P and this movie came up........ why???????
Good question. Couldn’t be more opposite. One truth
Spectacular cast, can't wait to see it!
Looks like it's being screened already on the Peninsula? Any plans to screen it elsewhere prior to Sept 30?
Reminds me of Fabrizio Federico films
I wish her delivery was a bit better because I feel like this was meant to suspend me in suspense bit I just couldn't feel the emotion
This is a story about the MOSSAD agents that did the Port Arthur shooting? It sure wasn't Bryant.
like to see it.. just hope there's no dog or cat killing in it...
innocent people die in this movie and you are worried about a dog getting stabbed
@@mrminecraft9526 Yes, we don't need to get that graphic.
@@mrminecraft9526 that happens in most movies....
is that the same bird from Babadook
I like it when trailers don't spoil things, but that literally showed us nothing and didn't make me want to see the film one bit.
The film has just been selected for the Cannes Film Festival and has gotten rave reviews by critics, so too bad for you!
It's about a dude who comited a massmurder, I think.
Anyone from Australia who isn't too young would immediately know what it's about. An incident that made a conservative prime minister change our gun laws.
@@MeisterBeefington Ah right, so about 15m people in the whole world, gotcha.
Martin Bryant did not actually commit this atrocity. It’s a very interesting and labyrinthine case, overly-simplified in a rather ignorant way by this movie, on the lazy assumption that the official history books and narrative must be correct.
i've seen enough indifference, nihilism, and violence in life, who on earth wants to spend another 90 minutes in someone else's nightmare?
Then simple, don t watch the movie
I’m down
I do understand why this story remains so raw in Australia and particularly Tasmania, but I think we should all actually watch the film before judging it. The same director and writer made a completely unsympathetic movie about the Snowtown murderers, so I really doubt they wouldn't do that for Bryant, who killed far more people. It wasn't even filmed in Tasmania for obvious reasons.
I haven't seen the Snowtown murders movie... why do you characterize it as "unsympathetic" though?
@@mattkirby994 Watch it and you will understand why.
@@jarredkennedy6131 fair enough
But why should you give Mass Killers that attention ?
@@afis5144 Because their crimes must be remembered.
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Nitram 2021: A point of view. The path to least resistance?
I knew the story first.
I knew the events before watching the film - the terrible killings.
I watched the trailer - regrettably. I essentially got the message in that short clip: Dysfunctional family. Child-man on a swing. Dissonant 'Chop-Sticks.' Guess how it ends?
Familiar tropes that - although effective and at times, movingly disturbing - the look in Landry's eyes of (innocent?) evil, only lead step by recognisable step to what was expected, accommodating and acceptable.
It can be simply overdone - over used oil on troubled water. And because of the horror and possible insult/distress/memories of those families involved - the film takes a predestined course, that would safely lead me to a conclusion that satisfied 'comfort'- in that, it would end just when it really began:
...I am saved from the terror.
Unlike the victims.
I can 'enjoy' the film as a singular artistic experience. I have not been disturbed, too much.
The film takes a middle ground - in that, Landry's Nitram displays general behaviours normal to brooding stubborn teenagers, the oddballs & misfit loners that wander about lost in youth. I knew a few. And their behaviour was not so different to Landry's Nitram. Children can be awfully cruel too: the Mother recounting Nitram's laughing 'at her pain.' I don't think that is enough to condemn the child to 'disturbed individual.' We only do so because we know the outcome.
I became increasingly restless hoping i would not have the plug pulled on me when a strong stomach & emotion is required to hold me in my seat.
Imagination is needed with it's testy companion: courage.
The list of violent films is endless - with their 'endless violence,' gore and blood, exploding body parts etc etc. And to be honest 99% are mindlessly boring. Some based on true stories too, like this one: And I am not endorsing insensitive violence.
Think of Gus Van Zant's 'Elephant.' A supremely eloquent portrayal of terrible killings that shows something of it's reality: automatic weapons used in that moment. How easy, how simple. How utterly terrifying.
But here with Nitram I think there is a flaw. A flaw built on fear?
(Changes were made to gun laws, very quickly after this mass murder, in 12 twelve days, apparently.)
By the way, all the performances are excellent - not one missed note. With a nod toward Judy Davis most of all. Her exhausted resignation & bitterness are engrained down her aged face - incredibly fine tuned expressions. So much so I lost the actress to her part. And that haircut put the cap of 'her failure' firmly on her head - she is quietly astonishing & forlorn. It really is 'her' film.
And the other protagonists stand shoulder to shoulder.
Caleb Landry is eerily unnerving in certain moments. But beyond that there's not a lot for him to do - except act childlike in an adult body.
And for this my attention was pulled away by the other two:
LaPaglia's Father and Essie Davis's eccentric loner - all superbly controlled & deeply felt. And it is they I was drawn to - these 3 performances & characters. And how they poured their souls & remaining energies into the vacuum of Nitram/Bryant.
(It's worth noting that Bryant had 2 girlfriends before the shootings and that Essie Davis's character Helen Harvey was considerably older than Bryant - and according to one photo looked extremely different to the one portrayed - which makes the film's purpose somewhat questionable: why not find an actress that looked more like Harvey? A romantic re-sketching in line with a personal vision, yet toying with the truth?)
Landry's Nitram is a tough short straw. How many actors play killers & maniacs? And how many are lauded for their 'outstanding central performance?'
But it isn't Landry's 'central performance.' It is the other 3. Judy Davis particularly, who dominate the screen. And by their presence to Nitram, elevate Landry's performance.
For me it comes down to the end - where the horror begins. Landry's Nitram places the video camera on the table - and up he gets with his semi-automatic.
(The film seemed to tiptoe around Nitram: as though, what should we 'do' with him? Yet the others were fully fledged in their struggles, easier perhaps, because they are not controversial?)
It should have started right there - through the video lens. Through the eyes of those witnessing it. Bryant facing the film camera pulling the trigger.
The screen blacks. Then again the video camera, then again a witness, then again the film camera. Then again black screen.
Half a dozen heavy body blows strike the viewer's senses: Look! Automatic weapons!
The idea being - not needless gore, but the rapidity of evil dispatched with semi-automatic weapons.
How easy, how simple.
How utterly terrifying!
A moments pause in black screen. The viewer gathers himself back together - it's only a film, remind me, it's only a film.
But i have - in some way, experienced a terrible and horrific moment. And not had evil sanitised - so I feel ok: it is not glorification or gratification. It is the portrayal of ugly events, done with a sensitivity that allows the viewer a momentary visceral experience: the effects of automatic weapons before your eyes.
And then regress...I suppose I'm thinking of Gaspar Noé's Irréversible as an example..
so from here - the black screen, we begin that journey to previous troubled times and less and less so. To a boy, with his life in front of him. To a time of innocence. And to a time when we could be rescued from nightmares: stringent gun laws. And the protection & care of vulnerable children.
Perhaps we see Nitram /Bryant playing on the beach or in his back garden: he's waving for the camera, happy, an innocent boy - briefly free of what is to come..
So, I'm not sure what I watched here? Perhaps a dream fantasy based on reality, coloured into a fiction that tells a story without beginning nor end - if, one watches it solely as a film. And for that purpose it works very well. But nudging at the truth left me in 'no man's land.'
If film & story are going to inform and educate us - let us not turn away from their fearless wisdom & warning. That can be horrific.
From the end of the film. And I quote: 'There are now more firearms owned in Australia than in 1996.'
What is it people do not see? Or wish to?
Essentially something has changed. But possibilities seem to have gotten worse?
Why are we not paying attention?
If our 'view' is turned away from the 'real' horror around us. How can we know it is really there? Unless we see it, or experience a version of it - to let us know that how humanity conducts itself is real and affecting. And truth is not reconstructed as an ambivalence when 'deemed' too uncomfortable, or unpalatable.
‘Oh wow this film is great’ ‘oh wow it’s acting is top notch’
I don’t care if it’s all true it’s about a national tragedy, and the fact they are cash grabbing off a disturbing event like this is disgusting.
don't be stupid.
is this real??? the money made off this movie should go to the families
YRG⁉️
How dare make a film with so many lies !
You make it all out like this happen. But none of it is what happen. Did you even speak to his mother ? His sister? Anybody who has read his mothers book knows what really happen.
Did you know Martin did a lot of good. His caring for people is why he was very rich and traveled around the world because he loved talking to people.
You got this all wrong and selling it like it’s true.