Hail (2011 film)

2011 Australian film

Hail

Directed by| Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Written by| Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Starring| Daniel P. Jones
Cinematography| Germain McMicking
Edited by| Peter Sciberras
Music by| Steve Benwell

Release date

* 2011 (2011)

Country| Australia
Language| English

Hail is a 2011 Australian drama film written and directed by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, in his narrative feature debut.

The film premiered at the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Daniel P. Jones as Daniel
* Leanne Letch as Leanne
* Tony Markulin as Tony
* Jerome Velinsky as Jerome

## Production

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The film was produced by Flood Projects and funded by Screen Australia, Film Victoria and the Adelaide Film Festival.[1] It features Daniel P. Jones, an ex-convict who had previously appeared in Courtin-Wilson's documentary short Cicada, and her partner Leanne Letch playing fictionalized versions of themselves.[1][2][3]

## Release

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The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, in the Horizons competition.[1] It was distributed domestically by Madman Entertainment.[1]

## Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10.[4]

The Age's critic Philippa Hawker described the film as "singular and striking", noting it "has an extreme sense of documentary fidelity but it is intercut with a kind of hallucinatory, over-reaching, vivid excess: it's a fierce, sometimes harrowing combination of the real and the surreal, the visceral and the abstract."[2] Richard Kuipers wrote on Variety: "pic boasts a relatively conventional storyline peppered with heavy verbal violence, trippy visual metaphors and a cacophonous soundtrack that mark it as a strictly outre item for dedicated arthouse buffs".[5] Film critic Megan Lehmann described the film as "dissonant and brutal, but also unexpectedly tender", "a risky piece of experimental cinema" that "melds coarse reality, extreme close-ups, nightmarish montages [...] and a soundtrack that’s alternately jarring and lovely".[3]

The film ranked third in The Guardian's list of the best Australian films of the 2010s.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Mitchell, Wendy (1 August 2011). "LevelK adds Venice-bound Hail to slate". Screen International. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. ^ a b Hawker, Philippa (24 October 2012). "The troubled self, up close and personal". The Age. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
3. ^ a b Lehmann, Megan (26 August 2011). "Hail: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
4. ^ "Hail". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
5. ^ Kuipers, Richard (8 March 2011). "Hail". Variety. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
6. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (10 December 2019). "From Animal Kingdom to The Babadook: the best Australian films of the decade". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

## External links

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* Hail at IMDb