Face to Face (2011)
The release of Micheal Rymer's low budget film of an adaptation of the acclaimed Australian play write David Williamson - Face to Face could not have been better timed considering some of the recurring debate in Australia over overly simplistic "tough on crime" criminal sentencing sought by shock-jocks and political factions.
The release of Micheal Rymer's low budget film of an adaptation of the acclaimed Australian play write David Williamson - Face to Face could not have been better timed considering some of the recurring debate in Australia over overly simplistic "tough on crime" criminal sentencing sought by shock-jocks and political factions.
Face to Face
conducts an insightful study into human behaviour, how situations spiral out of
control, the shifting nature of guilt, culpability and victimisation by integrating a solid script that draws together strong characters and clever flashbacks about
workplace bullying, perceptions of criminal act, pack male behaviour, racism, worker exploitation, infidelity,
class conflict and domestic violence.
Whilst the bulk of the film is essentially a single location film in a community conference room - Face to Face showcases an emotional roller
coaster where the characters confront their
misdeeds to understand how they all played a part in the incident. As a film adaptation, the audience views the flashback to the
violence during the incident as mediator Jack Manning (Matthew Newton) convenes the community conference forming the
back bone of the story.
Face to Face deals with a disturbingly authentic recreation of an aspect of mainstream Australian culture depicting of
a pack tormenting the weak, or being complicit in the torment
by doing nothing, and how this behaviour is all too often laughed off as
‘taking the piss’. Yet leaving a sense of optimism where if people are presented with an opportunity to be heard, they are capable of
making compassionate decisions.
Well recommend to practitioners to dissect Jack style and approach orchestrating the conference and how the parties typically behave and vent at such conferences. Also note the subtle power balance between the parties and how they shift many times over the film and also note the use of silence
Have a look at the body language of the parties below ... what non-verbal cues do you notice in here? (Jack is convening in the middle)
Well recommend to practitioners to dissect Jack style and approach orchestrating the conference and how the parties typically behave and vent at such conferences. Also note the subtle power balance between the parties and how they shift many times over the film and also note the use of silence
Have a look at the body language of the parties below ... what non-verbal cues do you notice in here? (Jack is convening in the middle)
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