Look Both Ways Page #3

Synopsis: On a Friday after a horrific train crash, three newsmen in Adelaide must take stock: Nick, a photojournalist, learns he has cancer; Andy, a writer with two children who has a bad relationship with his ex, learns his girlfriend Anna is pregnant; Phil, an editor, realizes he's missing his children's growing up. That afternoon, Meryl, an artist who illustrates sympathy cards and constantly imagines disasters, witnesses a train accident kill a man. At the crash site, she meets Nick, and a relationship flowers over the next three days which makes them both question their lives, wants and needs. Nick's mother, Andy's kids and ex, the dead man's girlfriend, the driver of the train, and his son round out an ensemble of grief and sorrow as each character becomes linked to another through the train accident. Can decisions to act bring hope?
Director(s): Sarah Watt
Production: Kino International
  22 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
PG-13
Year:
2005
100 min
Website
693 Views


- Still.

Thousand people I didn't know

had probably died yesterday.

Yes, but you didn't see them.

I didn't actually see him die.

Jesus Christ.

What a way to go.

I like her hair.

Are you going swimming?

- I should be working.

- You need the exercise.

Thanks.

I meant for you head, not your thighs.

Why choose to mention my thighs?

I guess I'm just too polite

to mention your top shape arms.

Maggie!

Very nice.

Nice photo today, buddy.

Front page.

Then I guess you jet-sitting

fancy free bustards need...

that kind of constancy splashy

reassurance, don't you?

You'll probably win an award.

Well, if you die.

Which you might as well now.

You took your one great photo?

Yes.

Train comes in,

stupid bucks man walks out.

I like the idea of an after-life.

I haven't quite given up

on Catholicism though.

I'm a Buddhist this week.

It starts being popular.

Do you believe in god?

How can anyone believe

in something so bloody ridiculous?

I mean this big guy in the sky

looking down at the little eatty-bitty

crap everyone's life's got,

Now you're being bad! That's a sin!

Can't do that,

I'll throw you to hell!

It's just such a crock!

And most people they

just have an even bet.

You say you believe now,

in case there is a heaven.

And when if you get there,

and there is no haven,

who bloody cares, cause you're

dead anyway, aren't you?

Did you ever get anyone pregnant?

No,

Not that I know of.

That's good.

That you know of.

That's just it, isn't it?

Knowing.

The prayer didn't work

too well for him, did it?

Last time Travers, do you hear me?

The last time!

She likes you.

Do you have children?

No. I don't.

Do you want to bring her right here?

I have been waiting for two hours.

This is an emergency department, sir.

It's no doctor-search room.

We have to see the sickest child first.

My child is sick!

- But now the sickest here.

- How would you know?

- Do you have children?

- No.

Didn't think so.

Damn!

Anna, you don't have

any children do you?

You can work on the school holidays.

Come on.

- How's the game going?

- Good.

How are you doing?

Good.

Did you see the photo?

Yes.

Front page.

It's a good photo.

Good news.

Finish up.

Your job.

For now.

I mean...

I think...

Apparently...

It's good to stay up.

You know, optimistic.

Sh*t.

Cheers buddy!

Thanks mate!

What does this block mean?

What's the matter with you?

Sorry.

For Jannes.

I've already bought a present.

-She wanted one.

- Are you having an affair?

- Yes.

No.

I've given up smoking.

Kathy?

A night of fun for two

people leaves one...

paying the bills for

the rest of his life.

While the other gets the

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Sarah Watt

Sarah Ann Watt (30 August 1958 – 4 November 2011) was an Australian film director, writer and animator. Born in Sydney, Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne Film and Television School (now Victorian College of the Arts), Melbourne in 1990. Her student film "Catch of the Day" was to reflect the style of future work. In 1995, she directed a short film, Small Treasures, which won Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival. In 2000, she made a program for the SBS series Swim Between the Flags called "Local Dive". It was made concurrently with another project that she was directing called "The Way of the Birds" based on the 1996 book of the same name by author Meme McDonald. She received the Australian Film Institute's award for Best Director for her 2005 film Look Both Ways.Watt returned to the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television to teach animation and was to assist in the development of many animators including Academy Award winner Adam Eliot in 1996. Watt was instrumental in the development of scripts for all of her students, but left the School to further develop her own projects, returning on occasion as a script and final production assessor. Watt was also a published author, she wrote and illustrated the picture book Clem Always Could and co-authored Worse Things Happen at Sea with William McInnes.During the post-production of Look Both Ways, Watt was diagnosed with cancer. Her second film My Year Without Sex was released in 2009. She died on 4 November 2011 after suffering for six years with breast and bone cancer, aged 53.Sarah Watt was married to actor William McInnes. They have two children, Clem (b. 1993) and Stella (b. 1998). more…

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