Look Both Ways

Australia 2005, 100 minutes
Dir. Sarah Watt
Rating: [M]
Genres: Drama, Comedy

Feat. Justine Clarke, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes

Aroview: A melancholy comedy with inspired flashes of animation, this impressive feature film debut from writer-director Sarah Watt nicely freshens the "ensemble drama" formula and went on to deservingly scoop the pool at the 2005 AFI awards, including Best Picture.

In a hot-and-sticky Australian town, the 'accidental' death of a local has a strange and co-incidental bearing on a clutch of lives, especially the connection between an introverted painter and a newspaper photographer reeling from a cancer diagnosis. Dir. Watt layers her serious meditiation on life and mortality with an engaging optimism and a wry appreciation for human idiosyncrasy.

NZ International Film Festival 2005

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4 stars (Very Good) Intelligent. ~Tubbs
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5 stars (Exceptional) Great music! Terrific plot & acting. Moving and, in its way, profound. Justine Clarke is brilliant! Recommended. ~Anon

DVD Features

3-disc Special Edition includes new packaging, additional featurettes, and the following Sarah Watt short films: Living With Happiness, Small Treasures, Local Dive, Deep Dive, Catch Of The Day, Derwent Envy, Way Of The Birds, and Lift Off.