Noise (2007/I)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Matthew Saville

Writer:

Matthew Saville (writer)

Release Date:

3 May 2007 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus...

Plot Keywords:

Noise | Tinnitus | Train | Interview | Hospital Scene

Awards:

12 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Maia Thomas	...	Lavinia Smart
Carole Browne	...	Dead Lady
Kent Clifton-Bligh	...	Dead Transit Cop
Aaron Murphy	...	Dead Teenage Boy
Jess Huon	...	Dead Twentysomething #1
Grant Scicluna	...	Dead Twentysomething #2
Aaron Mcloughlin	...	Paraplegic
Brendan Cowell	...	Constable Graham McGahan
Greg Williams	...	Constable
Richard Pyros	...	Carter
Georgia Bolton	...	Policewoman
Kylie Trounson	...	Intern
Fiona MacLeod	...	Detective Melanie Ryan
Nicholas Bell	...	Snr. Det. Noel Birchall
Katie Wall	...	Constable Caitlin Robinson

Also Known As:

Vomvos (Greece) (festival title) [el]

Runtime:

108 min | Germany:105 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Retro Active Films

Sharp thriller about isolation, fear and such...

It's been almost a full day since I've seen it and I still don't really know what to think. The movie is Australian so for me it's automatically great, but I'm still struggling to understand some (not to say most) of the movie's elements. The dialogs are as sharp as they get especially between the cop and the killer in the caravan (- What's your name? - It's Mc as in McDonalds and Gahan as in I gahan read the nameplate). The movie also works very well on the psychological level and not just in a Silence of the lambs psycho killer way. I also wish I saw it with subtitles because some of the Aussie slang was just way too much for me.