Snapshot is a cautionary tale for young women looking to enter the fashion or movie industry, where predatory men (and women) take advantage of naive new models and actresses; it's also a thriller of sorts, hairdresser turned model Angela (Sigrid Thornton) finding herself menaced by a stalker.
Director Simon Wincer gave us the bizarre 1980 'horror' Harlequin, a baffling film made all the more strange and incomprehensible by Wincer's offbeat film-making style. Snapshot suffers from the same shortcomings: it's full of moments that make no sense, and the whole thing feels 'off', making it a very unsatisfying viewing experience.
Hugh Keays-Byrne's unusual performance as crazy photographer Linsey; Angela's balding, ice-cream-truck-driving ex-boyfriend Daryl (Vincent Gil), who was clearly punching above his weight; the pointless make-up-wearing, leather-clad rock and roll singer who curls his lip; the guppy fish comment; the pig's head in the bed: none of this works, and as for the ending... tell me I wasn't dreaming.
3/10 for getting Thornton topless as often as possible, but the film ain't good.
Director Simon Wincer gave us the bizarre 1980 'horror' Harlequin, a baffling film made all the more strange and incomprehensible by Wincer's offbeat film-making style. Snapshot suffers from the same shortcomings: it's full of moments that make no sense, and the whole thing feels 'off', making it a very unsatisfying viewing experience.
Hugh Keays-Byrne's unusual performance as crazy photographer Linsey; Angela's balding, ice-cream-truck-driving ex-boyfriend Daryl (Vincent Gil), who was clearly punching above his weight; the pointless make-up-wearing, leather-clad rock and roll singer who curls his lip; the guppy fish comment; the pig's head in the bed: none of this works, and as for the ending... tell me I wasn't dreaming.
3/10 for getting Thornton topless as often as possible, but the film ain't good.