I went through "that hole", too... in the fall of 1989 when I first watched the movie. Magic happened to me, nothing was the same, I was mesmerized by that movie for weeks. I have become a film buff, especially when it comes to Peter Weir films. Even today, I often watch that film and return to that magical adolescent feeling of detachment in my imagination, and I also often fantasize that by some miracle I will come to Australia and walk like you through Hanging Rocks. But life is too short, and Croatia is too far... Thank you for bringing that magic closer to us dreamers with this documentary! ;)
Thanks for posting this video, well made and highly informative. I have watched the movie several times and have read the book as well and have been intrigued as to what the story is about and the significance of the rock itself. One thing that has always interested me is the religious and spiritual connection between time and place in the story. St Valentines Day is a festival steeped in Christian mythology and history , and the rock itself has for thousands of years been a sacred and spiritual place for the indigenous people of the area. Hanging Rock's history makes for some interesting reading. Thanks again for the film.
I was at Hanging Rock in the NSW Blue Mountains a few years ago and there was an American tourist there asking about it thinking it was the location from the movie, and that it was a true story. Superb work sir, love these productions you do.
amazing video - thank a lot for this one! I was a fan and completely under the spell of this movie from the moment I watched first time in my youth - great to see these places in such a detail as they appear nowadays. Hope to visit the place someday soon !
I visited this place for the first time a few years ago when it was 0 degrees! Frost everywhere. I'm sure I wasn't the only lame tourist who went walking around "looking for Miranda" too lol. Love your videos mate, keep them up!!
Sir Lez Patterson said on The Parkinson show that it was originally titled "Piss Up at Hangin' Rock". And also that his "rocky outcrop wouldn't be hanging, are ya with me Parky?"
You did well to identify some of the specific scenes! As you said, the geography is all over the place. I've been there a few times and haven't ever been certain that I'm in one of the scenes. It can be a little disorientating at the top - adds to the intrigue I suppose.
13:49 Probably just a composition thing in the frame. The rock behind you on the left implies further rocks to your left; so when you cut to the monolith it reads a bit better.
Something a little strange happened when filming, Joan Lindsay was there one day during filming and walked up to Anne Louise Lambert as Miranda and said to her, “Oh Miranda, it’s so good to see you again” the story of “Picnic at hanging rock” is a work of fiction, but this doesn’t explain Joan’s reaction on that day to seeing “Miranda”
@@darthilli well it’s not “dribble” to lots of people, it is strange because an author wouldn’t normally do that to an actor, the author’s action was like she was talking to the actor’s character as a real person.
You ought to look at the beaches - ‘Moondah Beach’ - in both _Long Weekend_ (1978), and the remake _Long Weekend_ (2008), as well as the bush before the shore, and the little inland lake.
This was so funny! I went there a few weeks ago. We were only allowed to walk half way around the base, everything else was blocked off. We had to wear masks which was a shame because the air was so fresh and pure.
You wore a mask? You're off your bleedin head if you wore a mask? You should go see a doctor and have your head examined? I've never worn a mask and back in the 1980's I never wore a condom either.
I visited in the early 80's on a school excretion. Bus opened the doors and as youngens we ran to the rocks Annoyed the teachers by "going missing" then left realising there was no way you could go missing there. So disappointed. BTW thanks for your sarcasm it was not lost on me.
Hi, this is Amsterdam here. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, and it's great to see those same old rocks & places in Full HD :-) You must have enjoyed shooting these images a lot, too. I share your fascination for both the film (which came first for me) and the book. We do have one disagreement, though. At 18:10 you claim for a fact that Joan Lindsay had a chapter removed from her book. I don't believe a word of it. I know that her publisher John Taylor and her editor Sandra Forbes made that claim, at least that they made it three years after Lindsay's death, when she was no longer around to either confirm of refute their claim. But we also know from Lindsay's own words (see the interview on the Criterion Collection release) that she conceived of this novel as an open-ended narrative without any 'solution'. Lindsay was adamant about that. Add to this that NO material evidence exists of any 'removed chapter' or 'secret chapter': no correspondence with her publisher, no manuscript, no annotated typoscript, no diary entry, no transfer of rights, no notary deposition, no last will stipulating its publication (or prohibition to publish), just NOTHING. Then I believe the hypothesis is justified that Lindsay did NOT write that dreaded '18th chapter', with its awkward, copycat style and its idiotic ending. I live in Amsterdam. Much too far away to do archival research in Australia, or visit the legates of Joan Lindsay and ask for permission. But at some moment in time, an Australian young scholar must find the courage to challenge the authenticity of "The Secret of Hanging Rock", and arrive at a well-founded conclusion. Lindsay, one of Australia's most important authors, deserves better than some flunky afterthought being attributed to her legacy just like that. Just because her publisher and editor - who had a clear financial interest in publishing it - said so. Literary history is full of literary hoaxes. This could just be one of them. So many Australian students of literature. Won't anyone write a thesis about this?
Wow, you’ve convinced me. I got that info about the last chapter off the internet. Hard to know what’s true and what’s a rumour these days. Here’s another bit of trivia for you, I didn’t really get lost. My videos are full of lies 😜 thanks for watching. Amsterdam is awesome 😎
Joan herself was having a laugh at you. If you read the book closely you read about vibrating red dust and ants crossing Miranda's ankle then running under a rock. These are professional clues as to provide a real solution. That last chapter is fake. The rock had a volcanic eruption - creating that dust red cloud - they all fell into a fissure. Irma removed her corset to scramble out of a depression hole.
10:17 is he sitting upon the remains of the log that the girl originally sat in the movie? It seems reasonable that it wouldn't have been moved far from there because of its location, that's wild!
😂😂 funny man you are 😂 good job left some stuff out but still a good one.. now off to Aireys inlet for around the twist I have been there lots of times and I always feel like a kid again 😁
Awesome!! Loved this favourite classic aussie movies to death it was early from my teens now in late 30s still do thank you for playing this film and from them and now too 👍🏻
your thinking to hard the filming was done around 1pm when that light came through creating an amazing experience for russell Boyd and camera operator John Seale.
One day I want to be in this place too. How does Mirenda say? Everything begins - and everything ends at the right time and in the right place :-) Greetings from Germany :-)
Yeah, Joan Lindsay wrote a very convincing novel, but there is no evidence of any disappearing schoolgirls in the early 20th century, so it's not true, just a good story.
Great video. I enjoyed your 'Malcolm' one too - no idea how I ended up getting that video suggested by youtube, but I'm glad it happened. When I went to Hanging Rock about 3 years ago I found it very difficult to find the areas where the girls were filmed and I don't think I succeeded, was hard to tell - you did well to find them. There is an eeriness up there and I had a slight panic when I couldn't find my way back down at one point - thankfully a young family came along and figured it out. :) I've been to Martindale Hall and Strathalbyn in SA and have photos of 'Miranda's' room. My grandparents lived in Strath at one point, so it was quite the talking point when they filmed there.
27/10/2021 I think one of the girls said something like the " the timing is right" before going between the rock,s, it was like she new something and was fulfilling a date with destiny
I always thought this movie was incredibly naff and boring BUT I love the score by Gheorghe Zamfir (Romanian pan flutist) as I'm Romanian by heritage and it really does remind me of the Carpathian mountains and peasant villages of the old country.
Been there long ago as a stupid young bloke i have smoked bongs on hanging rock and still nothing happened except the climb down was funny -i like your series -next has to be 18 berry st Richmond! !! Please
I went there in the 1980’s. Was a stop off as part of the great Victorian bike ride . I remember a young fella managed to climb a monolith and couldn’t get down . He was desperate and asked me to get help. I went back down to the base and found a police motorcycle that was unattended. I waited around what seemed forever but no policeman showed up. So I did the right thing and just left . Thanks for checking to see if he was still there he would have been in his 50’s by now. Long time to sit on top of a rock
We're quoting a scene from the film between Ms McCraw and the carriage driver. He says millions and she disagrees. I totally understand how that may go over some people's heads. Never mind.
I went through "that hole", too... in the fall of 1989 when I first watched the movie. Magic happened to me, nothing was the same, I was mesmerized by that movie for weeks. I have become a film buff, especially when it comes to Peter Weir films. Even today, I often watch that film and return to that magical adolescent feeling of detachment in my imagination, and I also often fantasize that by some miracle I will come to Australia and walk like you through Hanging Rocks. But life is too short, and Croatia is too far...
Thank you for bringing that magic closer to us dreamers with this documentary! ;)
I walked through that hole when the film first came out. It’s sustained me through many seasons of my life❤️
i went through the same hole :) some time ago i showed this movie to my GF and she loved it!!
cheers from Poland!
"Look at this rock, it's just kind of hanging there"....wonderful quote from the old ladies vising the actual place of Hanging Rock.
Paul's face while they are marvelling at the rock that "can just squish you"....... LOLOLOLOLOOLOL :`-D :`-D :`-D
Didn’t sound old😉
"You can't go much further!! You promised Madam Moiselle"!! LOL!! Have to admire you for your enthusiam for the film!! Well done!!
I can't believe it's 45 years since it was made.
I used to go to Hanging Rock when I was a tacker!
One of my all time fav films aswell! Peter Weir one of the greatest Australian film maker EVER!
Excellent Paul
Thanks for posting this video, well made and highly informative. I have watched the movie several times and have read the book as well and have been intrigued as to what the story is about and the significance of the rock itself. One thing that has always interested me is the religious and spiritual connection between time and place in the story. St Valentines Day is a festival steeped in Christian mythology and history , and the rock itself has for thousands of years been a sacred and spiritual place for the indigenous people of the area. Hanging Rock's history makes for some interesting reading.
Thanks again for the film.
14:52 Thank goodness for no plaque spoiling the natural beauty.
I was at Hanging Rock in the NSW Blue Mountains a few years ago and there was an American tourist there asking about it thinking it was the location from the movie, and that it was a true story. Superb work sir, love these productions you do.
amazing video - thank a lot for this one!
I was a fan and completely under the spell of this movie from the moment I watched first time in my youth -
great to see these places in such a detail as they appear nowadays.
Hope to visit the place someday soon !
This movie is one of my favorites. Lol this is a good bit of fun. Thanks for the tour.
That was an outstanding performance Paul. I had trouble following you and the movie they both melded together. Good One
My favourite film ever. Magical, mystical film.
I visited this place for the first time a few years ago when it was 0 degrees! Frost everywhere. I'm sure I wasn't the only lame tourist who went walking around "looking for Miranda" too lol. Love your videos mate, keep them up!!
I was captivated by this piece of history.
Absolutely brilliant production again, and thank you universe for your safe return 😝😝
great video, thanks, its really helpful to me personally.
Now available in 4K as of 2023 amazing picture enhancement.
A map and a plaque! Are you joking?
@@andrewoliver7991 WHAT.
Sir Lez Patterson said on The Parkinson show that it was originally titled "Piss Up at Hangin' Rock". And also that his "rocky outcrop wouldn't be hanging, are ya with me Parky?"
Awesome loved watching this. My next adventure
I can't wait for this. You've been a busy man.
You did well to identify some of the specific scenes! As you said, the geography is all over the place. I've been there a few times and haven't ever been certain that I'm in one of the scenes. It can be a little disorientating at the top - adds to the intrigue I suppose.
Great video
Steve is funny
Random Christopher Walken impersonation in the middle LOL
Paul - Where are your Dunlop KT's????? ;-)
Another great video about Aussie movie made in Victoria.
Excellent thank you i enjoyed that. Great camera work too.
I'm sure when you go up to the rock you'll find the lost girls.
Brilliant, thank you
As a student who grew up in Victoria went on the obligatory Hanging Rock excursion
Great stuff guys 🙏👍👍
13:49 Probably just a composition thing in the frame. The rock behind you on the left implies further rocks to your left; so when you cut to the monolith it reads a bit better.
Thanks for a new episode x
Something a little strange happened when filming, Joan Lindsay was there one day during filming and walked up to Anne Louise Lambert as Miranda and said to her, “Oh Miranda, it’s so good to see you again” the story of “Picnic at hanging rock” is a work of fiction, but this doesn’t explain Joan’s reaction on that day to seeing “Miranda”
Mental trauma
That’s not strange, clearly she knew who was playing Miranda. But who cares the film is dribble
@@darthilli well it’s not “dribble” to lots of people, it is strange because an author wouldn’t normally do that to an actor, the author’s action was like she was talking to the actor’s character as a real person.
@@darthilli It's a fine film, widely considered among the best Australian films.
this is quite funny, good job!
Another awesome video. Can you do man from snowy river or long weekend re-make both locations are close to Melbourne
Okay, it's official, I'm visiting! (asap post pandemic)
Loved Your video ,
You did , what I always what to do .
Visit Hanging Rock
great fun!!!
I been there too. Back in 2010.
You ought to look at the beaches - ‘Moondah Beach’ - in both _Long Weekend_ (1978), and the remake _Long Weekend_ (2008), as well as the bush before the shore, and the little inland lake.
This was so funny! I went there a few weeks ago. We were only allowed to walk half way around the base, everything else was blocked off. We had to wear masks which was a shame because the air was so fresh and pure.
You wore a mask? You're off your bleedin head if you wore a mask? You should go see a doctor and have your head examined? I've never worn a mask and back in the 1980's I never wore a condom either.
Now, with the benefit of hindsight, do you see that you were gas lit by a pack of government bastards?
A mask? Outside? That mandate or fake rule or whatever you want to call it has aged very badly
I live in the area, beautiful place. Im laughing so much, you are brilliant.
Thank You!
I visited in the early 80's on a school excretion. Bus opened the doors and as youngens we ran to the rocks Annoyed the teachers by "going missing" then left realising there was no way you could go missing there. So disappointed. BTW thanks for your sarcasm it was not lost on me.
I reckon those guys kidnapped the school school !
I was there on a school excursion. Not sure when. 1982-1987.
The pan pipes theme scared me more than anything.
They go the wrong way .lol.
Christopher walken is a hard voice and, mine is more william shatner than my captain kirk.
Really enjoyed this. You two are hilarious 😂
Hi, this is Amsterdam here. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, and it's great to see those same old rocks & places in Full HD :-) You must have enjoyed shooting these images a lot, too. I share your fascination for both the film (which came first for me) and the book.
We do have one disagreement, though. At 18:10 you claim for a fact that Joan Lindsay had a chapter removed from her book. I don't believe a word of it. I know that her publisher John Taylor and her editor Sandra Forbes made that claim, at least that they made it three years after Lindsay's death, when she was no longer around to either confirm of refute their claim. But we also know from Lindsay's own words (see the interview on the Criterion Collection release) that she conceived of this novel as an open-ended narrative without any 'solution'. Lindsay was adamant about that.
Add to this that NO material evidence exists of any 'removed chapter' or 'secret chapter': no correspondence with her publisher, no manuscript, no annotated typoscript, no diary entry, no transfer of rights, no notary deposition, no last will stipulating its publication (or prohibition to publish), just NOTHING. Then I believe the hypothesis is justified that Lindsay did NOT write that dreaded '18th chapter', with its awkward, copycat style and its idiotic ending.
I live in Amsterdam. Much too far away to do archival research in Australia, or visit the legates of Joan Lindsay and ask for permission. But at some moment in time, an Australian young scholar must find the courage to challenge the authenticity of "The Secret of Hanging Rock", and arrive at a well-founded conclusion. Lindsay, one of Australia's most important authors, deserves better than some flunky afterthought being attributed to her legacy just like that. Just because her publisher and editor - who had a clear financial interest in publishing it - said so.
Literary history is full of literary hoaxes. This could just be one of them. So many Australian students of literature. Won't anyone write a thesis about this?
Wow, you’ve convinced me. I got that info about the last chapter off the internet. Hard to know what’s true and what’s a rumour these days. Here’s another bit of trivia for you, I didn’t really get lost. My videos are full of lies 😜 thanks for watching. Amsterdam is awesome 😎
Joan herself was having a laugh at you. If you read the book closely you read about vibrating red dust and ants crossing Miranda's ankle then running under a rock. These are professional clues as to provide a real solution.
That last chapter is fake. The rock had a volcanic eruption - creating that dust red cloud - they all fell into a fissure. Irma removed her corset to scramble out of a depression hole.
10:17 is he sitting upon the remains of the log that the girl originally sat in the movie? It seems reasonable that it wouldn't have been moved far from there because of its location, that's wild!
😂😂 funny man you are 😂 good job left some stuff out but still a good one.. now off to Aireys inlet for around the twist I have been there lots of times and I always feel like a kid again 😁
Haha, i only re watched this movie about 3 weeks ago with a friend. He was bored by my choice, i think he may have enjoyed your version more. 😁
Awesome!! Loved this favourite classic aussie movies to death it was early from my teens now in late 30s still do thank you for playing this film and from them and now too 👍🏻
thanks
I loved Hanging rock.Visited in 2020
Love your videos !
Brilliant christopher walken i impersonation 😅
My most favourite movie ♥️
Luved it. You were so lucky up there. You scared off all mystery with your strange kind of humour. Made you safe all the way .... ;-)
your thinking to hard the filming was done around 1pm when that light came through creating an amazing experience for russell Boyd and camera operator John Seale.
Bravo!
One day I want to be in this place too. How does Mirenda say? Everything begins - and everything ends at the right time and in the right place :-) Greetings from Germany :-)
I visited in May 1989. The place was deserted. No people at all. I certainly didn't pay to get in. Perhaps I slipped through a time warp.
Yes, I agree with you, this world is thousands of years old😉
AWESOME!! This was always a fascination with me as a kid. I heard from the author many years ago, that the story was just fiction?
Yeah, Joan Lindsay wrote a very convincing novel, but there is no evidence of any disappearing schoolgirls in the early 20th century, so it's not true, just a good story.
@@Dave_Sisson It's a GREAT story! :-)
What is phagl ? P from paul - hagl.i get it.I grew up in sunbury and woodend was about 20 minutes up the road. Went there with school.
Great video. I enjoyed your 'Malcolm' one too - no idea how I ended up getting that video suggested by youtube, but I'm glad it happened.
When I went to Hanging Rock about 3 years ago I found it very difficult to find the areas where the girls were filmed and I don't think I succeeded, was hard to tell - you did well to find them. There is an eeriness up there and I had a slight panic when I couldn't find my way back down at one point - thankfully a young family came along and figured it out. :)
I've been to Martindale Hall and Strathalbyn in SA and have photos of 'Miranda's' room. My grandparents lived in Strath at one point, so it was quite the talking point when they filmed there.
That was one creepy ass movie...remember watching it as a kid and thinking f that
27/10/2021 I think one of the girls said something like the " the timing is right" before going between the rock,s, it was like she new something and was fulfilling a date with destiny
Hi Skippy.
Someday you should do the same for Martindale Hall
I always thought this movie was incredibly naff and boring BUT I love the score by Gheorghe Zamfir (Romanian pan flutist) as I'm Romanian by heritage and it really does remind me of the Carpathian mountains and peasant villages of the old country.
Fun fact that kangaroo was actually an extra in the original movie
Take the stairs, the ramp is the much more difficult and steep option!
Been there long ago as a stupid young bloke i have smoked bongs on hanging rock and still nothing happened except the climb down was funny -i like your series -next has to be 18 berry st Richmond! !! Please
Thanks, I’ve been to Berry St in my video The Big Steal and other Film locations. I did it last year.
Full video on bad eggs/ crackerjack ? Pretty sure that’s all around melbs 👍🏼
6:15... Australians do Christopher Walken impressions too?
19:04... where's Walken when you need him?
Telling people about two little mice who fell into a bucket of cream! Like a guy trapped on hanging rock.
he found my stash at 3.12 !
Be careful...there could be snakes!
That Miranda was a good sort. No wonder she was spirited away.
I went there in the 1980’s. Was a stop off as part of the great Victorian bike ride . I remember a young fella managed to climb a monolith and couldn’t get down . He was desperate and asked me to get help. I went back down to the base and found a police motorcycle that was unattended. I waited around what seemed forever but no policeman showed up. So I did the right thing and just left . Thanks for checking to see if he was still there he would have been in his 50’s by now. Long time to sit on top of a rock
True or fake, this crazy mystery !
Why dont you show the school building?
It's 680 kilometres from Hanging Rock.
Really? Ok, that's actually too far
What about the school that featured in the movie, from memory they said it was a bending school?
Here it is with Miranda herself
ruclips.net/video/CvVP4S6m8gU/видео.html
@@PaulHagl thank you, SA WOW 🤯🤯
You did not go to apple yard college
It’s in South Australia. Maybe a separate video one day.
It would be changing allot now. Since then. You know. Long time ago. Is not like that though.
If you go missing at Hanging Rock do you get your $10 back?
You never get your 10 buck back. It disappears forever without explanation.
@@PaulHagl there's a rippa bakery in Woodend. The pies seem to disappear mysteriously as well shortly after purchase.
So you've got to pay to see it now? WTF?
Oh come on, the signals are nice clear at Hanging rock , I was there not long ago, and full bars signal+4G enable me made phone calls there :D
My videos do contain occasional bullshit. This will never change.
@@PaulHagl Keep the bullshit coming Paul, i love it !
The Koori rock spirits took the girls.
I visited the rock and at night... there you suddenly had 3 naked women who wanted sex. Couldn't escape them. Horrible experience.
Real or Fiction? Mystery….
It not billions of years. Just two guys that couldn't bother to know anything about what they want us to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE about.
We're quoting a scene from the film between Ms McCraw and the carriage driver. He says millions and she disagrees. I totally understand how that may go over some people's heads. Never mind.
LoL
Stupid movie, 3 missing young boys was found dead