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Look Both WaysDirected by Sarah Watt, 2005 By Rada Djurica On a hot weekend, in a wee little Australian town, a man chases his dog across the railway tracks and gets killed by train. This tragedy is witnessed by Meryl (Justine Clarke), a young artist returning from her father's funeral. Later, a newspaper photographer, Nick (William McInnes), who is battling cancer, turns up to shoot a scene. Remember Ally McBeal? Here, the lead character, Meryl, imagines the worst-case-scenarios in her daily situations, while Nick daydreams animated moments. In Look Both Ways, life's inner emotions are hilariously vivid through Watt's original animations. Look Both Ways is an award-winning Australian film. During the post-production in July 2004, the director of the film was diagnosed with cancer, a horrifically ironic parallel to the theme of the film. Shown at Belgrade's New Author Film Festival, this type of film makes for a nice break in a festival usually packed up with intense dramas. This is a haunted little Aussie movie about an Aussie suburb, and it represents the suburban idyll space between words and actions. In a way it’s a work of “maturity”, an engaging movie that concentrates on themes of the feminine and mortality.The story is easy to follow, using the animations to focus on basic storytelling.
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