Wake in Fright: An Interview with Ted Kotcheff (Issue 51, July 2009) Raffaele Caputo October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 51, July 2009. On its release in 1971, Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff) was unkindly received by Australian critics and public alike, the bone of contention be...
Wake in Fright: An Interview with Ted Kotcheff Raffaele Caputo July 2009 Feature Articles Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright may have run for more than a year in one Parisian cinema, but its blunt examination of lonely men in a harsh and alien landscape left many Australians of the time feeling perplexed. On the occasion of its sparkling re-release, Raffaele Caputo talks with Kotcheff, who eruditely and humorously throws new light on this Antipodean classic.
