Snapshot [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Simon Wincer Simon Wincer

Overview

When Angela (Sigrid Thornton) becomes successful, the former hairdresser's assistant has to deal with the reactions of her old friends to her new situation. She also must deal with romantic advances from an older woman. Nonetheless, she is plucky and confident enough to manage.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2017
UPC:	0814456021102
Original Release:	1979
Rating:	R
Source:	Vinegar Syndrome
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00

Special Features

New scanned and restored in 2k from the 35mm original camera negative; Commentary track with: Simon Wincer (Director); Tony Ginnan (Producer); Sigrid Thornton (Lead Actress); Vincent Monton (Cinematographer); Alternate feature length Australian cut; "Producing Snapshot"; Interview with Tony Ginnane; "Not Quite Hollywood - Interviews"; Extended interviews from the NQH documentary; Multiple tv spots; Behind-the-scenes still gallery; Original cover artwork by Speed Blur; Reversible cover artwork

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sigrid Thornton	Angela
Chantal Contouri	Madeline
Robert Bruning	Elmer
Vincent Gil	Daryl,Daryl
Hugh Keays-Byrne	Linsey
Denise Drysdale	Lilly
Jacqui Gordon	Becky
Peter Stratford	Roger
Lulu Pinkus	Wendy
Stewart Faichney	Peter
Julia Blake	Mrs. Bailey
Jon Sidney	Mr. Pluckett
Christine Amor	Paula
Chris Milne	Book Marker
Peter Flemingham	Boris
Bob Brown	Captain Rock
Paddy Burnet	Blue rinse lady
Shirley Cameron	Mrs. Cameron
Amanda Muggleton	Martha
Walter Pym	Dichter
Yvette Rees	Nurse
Robert Thompson	Sean
Brian May	Composer

Technical Credits

Everett De Roche

Chris de Roche

Anthony I. Ginnane	Producer,Producer
Simon Wincer	Director
Chris Murray	Special Effects
Everett De Roche	Screenwriter
Chris de Roche	Screenwriter
Paul Clark	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

With its premise of a young fashion model terrorized by crazies, this subpar Aussie thriller from director Simon Wincer and scribes the DeRoche Brothers reads like a cross between Lamont Johnson's Lipstick and John Carpenter's Halloween; in fact, Snapshot was rather desperately retitled "The Day After Halloween" in some markets to try to capitalize on the runaway success of the Carpenter film. To the movie's credit, it never goes for the all-out sleaze of Lipstick. But unfortunately, it also lacks the suspense and finesse of the Carpenter. Marketing ploys aside, the DeRoches' main influence as scriptwriters was actually Alfred Hitchcock, who they spent their early years attempting to ape . In the 1981 sleeper Road Games (written solely by Everett DeRoche), the Hitchcock homages work beautifully; Snapshot, though, is so devoid of any tension that it feels closer to limp, B-grade melodrama than an actual nail-biter. The huge holes in narrative logic don't help matters either; we wonder, for instance, why heroine Angela (Sigrid Thornton) fails to phone the police when her mother steals her savings, and why - when she discovers that her life is at risk - she stupidly flees to the office of a pervert (Robert Bruning) who has already attempted to seduce her. Angela is literally the only noble character in the picture; everyone else here is either a sadist, a psycho, a thief, a liar, or some combination of the above, and the uniformity of that posturing destroys this film's credibility. And whose idea was it to give sexy 19-year-old Angela an ex-boyfriend who is a fat, burnt-out middle-aged dope? That'll be the day. There are a couple of creepy moments, including the bizarre calling card left by a stalker, and wide-eyed Thornton (so appealing in The Man From Snowy River) looks incredible in her topless modeling scenes. Otherwise, Snapshot is a real dog. The kitschy 70s soundtrack tunes (two performed by the Little River Band-soundalike group Sherbet) also date this film terribly.