Aussie anthology where reality unravels faster than your sanity at 3am.
Four unsuspecting victims find themselves beyond "The Twilight Zone" in a twisted and altered reality: an airline passenger thinks he's lost his identity... a bored housewife thinks she's found romance... a conman thinks he's made his mark... and a hired killer thinks she's ready to retire. Unfortunately for all of them, they soon discover that there's nothing like reality to get in the way of an otherwise perfectly twisted perspective. Things are never quite that simple.
Direction
Samantha Lang's 'Third Party'—taut, nasty, perfectly controlled.
Acting
Geoffrey Rush losing his mind in economy class.
Production
Four directors, one jaundiced 90s aesthetic—barely holds together.
Director
Christopher Robin Collins
Geoffrey Rush
Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Shane Briant
Jay Condor (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Rachel Ward
Sara (segment 'Third Party')
Marshall Napier
Tom (segment 'Third Party')
Bryan Brown
Jack Jackson (segment 'The Confident Man')
Josephine Byrnes
Jack's Girlfriend Julia (segment 'The Confident Man')
Steve Bastoni
Constable Paul Bell (segment 'The Confident Man')
Mark Lee
Frank (segment 'The Confident Man')
Kimberley Davies
Betty (segment 'Directly From My Heart To You')
Gary Day
Lowell (segment 'Directly From My Heart To You')
Simon Westaway
John Berryman (segment 'Directly From My Heart To You')
Salvatore Coco
Sav Rocca (segment 'Directly From My Heart To You')
Kate Fitzpatrick
Elizabeth Bishop (segment 'Directly From My Heart To You')
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Samantha Lang's feature debut; she'd later direct L'Idole (2002) and become one of Australia's most underrated genre voices.
The 1997 Australian film industry was obsessed with anxiety about class and masculinity—Twisted is basically a panic attack about who gets to perform which identity.
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