Controversial film on Port Arthur massacre wins Cannes Film Festival prize

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An Australian film on the Port Arthur massacre wins over judges at the Cannes Film Festival, but the Port Arthur community says they are still unsettled by the film.

Caleb Landry Jones, the man who portrayed the Port Arthur mass murderer in the Australian filmIt is the first Australian film to be chosen for the prestigious competition in a decade, but its focus on chronicling the life of the perpetrator has upset some of the survivors.Port Arthur municipality Mayor Kelly Spaulding told SBS News the award brings up old wounds."It doesn't help our area in a positive light. It still hurts for a lot of us down here and we don’t want anymore negativity.

Screenwriter Shaun Grant said he thought very carefully about how to approach the subject matter for film. "The language in the announcement of this film that it will be a ‘study of one of the darkest chapters in Australian history’, and will focus on the study of a man being driven to do something so horrific, immediately raised alarm bells," Mr Woolley said."It was very evident that people were going to be angry," he told reporters in Cannes.

 

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It's not about making the audience feel sympathetic for the character, it's about displaying the descent in the psychological form and somewhat getting a grip on it

That's OK they can choose to not watch the movie

So, he who shall remain un-named, has been immortalized. Is that really who we are?

Congratulations to Caleb Landry for winning the best actor award

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