Synopsis
Wake in Fright - Austalian Screen Classics
Published by Currency Press
The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971 and again on re-release in 2009 as a Classic
In this insightful monograph, Tina Kaufman discusses what lies behind Wake in Fright: the genesis of the film, how it was made, how it was allowed to get lost, and the long path of its rediscovery
Kaufman recounts how this film that is, in essence, all about survival, had itself survived