Reel Bits:
Following its recent run of AACTA Awards, Snowtown is getting a release in the US on 2 March 2012. iTunes has released a trailer for the renamed The Snowtown Murders, a name which may have more meaning for the US audience who may not have as much of a connection to the name Snowtown. Unfortunately, it also makes it sound a little bit like a movie of the week or forensic investigation special. The US trailer also adds a fair bit of text spelling out why the murders were bad.
Graphic but not gratuitous; an uncompromising historical film made with such proficiency that it cannot be dismissed.
Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
Uncompromising and distressing, Snowtown delves into the grizzly events of Australia’s worst serial murders, while exploring the slippery slope of vigilante justice within a community left to the wolves.
