Here's a film nobody really anticipated - the life of Martin Bryant in the months prior to him killing 35 people in Tasmania in 1996. The film is very careful not to mention him - his name isn't uttered once, hence the anadrome of the title (see: Trebor mints or the Harpo production company). Director Justin Kurzel says he was " incredibly scared " of the script when he first got it, and the film was shot in Victoria to avoid rubbing local rawness if shot in Tassie. The previously linked Guardian article by Kelly Burke details the understandable reasons some people have for objecting to the existence of Nitram . While I see their point entirely, I reckon it's an important film as it deals with a part of our recent history that most of us would rather forget. No harm in picking open some old scars, checking what's inside. Caleb Landy Jones, as the lead, is superb, not least because he's a Texan doing a perfect cover version of a maladjusted, Aussie skegg f...
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