Beauty, Myth and Monolith: Picnic at Hanging Rock and the Vibration of Sacrality

The original .pdf file can be found:here.
The main points of the article include:
1.The movie is somewhere between 'metahysical horro and lush Victorian melodrama.'
2.Valentine's Day originates from a Roman holiday of 'sexual license.'
3. The members of Appleyard Cottage may have committed an 'act of religious trespass' on the slopes of the Rock.
4. Various sounds used in the film are discussed.
5. The three girls as they vanish 'transcended the will or the ability to subsist on a sensory level' which is why they didn't respond to Edith's yelling.
6. The article talks about Miranda saying she wouldn't be there that much longer and compares it to a prophetic warning.
7. 'Common theory' holds that the girls somehow slipped through a 'tear in the fabric of time.'
8. There is something otherworldly about both the Rock and Miranda.
9. Sara is desperately in love with Miranda.
10. The film deals with the repressed sexuality of the girls.
11. The Rock embodies a 'carnal spirituality.'
12. The college embodies Victorian Christendom.
23.Hanging Rock is a highly sexual symbol.

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Beauty, Myth and Monolith: Picnic at Hanging Rock and the Vibration of Sacrality

The original .pdf file can be found:here.

The main points of the article include:

1.The movie is somewhere between 'metahysical horro and lush Victorian melodrama.'

2.Valentine's Day originates from a Roman holiday of 'sexual license.'

3. The members of Appleyard Cottage may have committed an 'act of religious trespass' on the slopes of the Rock.

4. Various sounds used in the film are discussed.

5. The three girls as they vanish 'transcended the will or the ability to subsist on a sensory level' which is why they didn't respond to Edith's yelling.

6. The article talks about Miranda saying she wouldn't be there that much longer and compares it to a prophetic warning.

7. 'Common theory' holds that the girls somehow slipped through a 'tear in the fabric of time.'

8. There is something otherworldly about both the Rock and Miranda.

9. Sara is desperately in love with Miranda.

10. The film deals with the repressed sexuality of the girls.

11. The Rock embodies a 'carnal spirituality.'

12. The college embodies Victorian Christendom.

23.Hanging Rock is a highly sexual symbol. Back to start of Hanging Rock section My Index Page

23.Hanging Rock is a highly sexual symbol.

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