Blaze

Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: January 20, 2023

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jzathajeniusJan 22, 2023

Turned it off after the first 10 minutes. Watch it and you'll know why. I think Australian cinema is pretty dead at this stage.

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KenRAug 13, 2023

Blaze – Delivers a Mild Scorch It seems Australian moviemakers mistakenly believe they have to be controversially grim to be taken seriously. Back in the 70s and 80s, the world was singing the praises of Australia as being amongst the onlyBlaze – Delivers a Mild Scorch It seems Australian moviemakers mistakenly believe they have to be controversially grim to be taken seriously. Back in the 70s and 80s, the world was singing the praises of Australia as being amongst the only countries producing quality entertainment for all-family audiences. We were riding the crest of the wave in this field. Now we often tend to struggle to make ends meet with wall to wall social horror stories.

Blaze, while having moments of empathy, continually roller coasters its audience with either the super ‘arty’ or the super grim. When modern artists turn to making movies it's inevitable it will be drowning in numerous forms of ‘art’. The filmmaker, Del Kathryn Barton claims this story of a traumatised pre-teen following witnessing a rape/murder is not her personal biography but examines a similar thread of instances in her own life. She doesn’t want to tell us just what happened to her and maybe we don’t need to know. Some of the ‘dream like‘sequences using stop-motion puppets are intriguing while others sequences more resemble a school kids installation in a gallery. Many of these are overlong, over-done, and heavy-handed, most involve a creation that’s half Luck Dragon and a glitter studded Mardi-grass float decoration. Performances are fine-tuned, and the cinematography is stylish, but for a 96 minute movie, this felt like over 2 Hrs. Those with a love of intense re-enacted studies of kids in trauma situations may appreciate this one, others may be reaching for the double speed remote. A little less art and more heart might have helped.… Expand

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