Trial Run (1984 film)

Trial Run
Trial Run
Directed by
Screenplay by	Melanie Read
Produced by
Starring	Annie Whittle
Cinematography
Edited by	Finola Dwyer
Release date	1984
Running time	90 minutes
Country	New Zealand

Trial Run is a 1984 New Zealand film directed by starring Annie Whittle and an almost entirely female cast. The film is a feminist revision of the thriller genre.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ Steven Jay Schneider, Tony Williams - Horror International - Page 116 08143310172005 In Read's film Trial Run, Rosemary Edmonds (Annie Whittle), a mother with an assignment to photograph a group of rare penguins, relocates to a remote coastal cottage to gain proximity to the bird's breeding ground. The cottage soon becomes a threatening habitat, however, one that appears to be haunted
^ Screen International Film and TV Year Book -1990 Page 40 He produced his first film Trial Run in 1984.
^ Jocelyn Robson Girls' Own Stories: Australian and New Zealand Women's Films 1997 ... and we are not given the images of vicious bloody attack or of unrestrained violence against the female body. Our 'victim' is a strong woman who despite intimidation, violence and threats survives a life-endangering situation and stands firm and physically undamaged finally to confront her tormentor. There is therefore a deliberate mismatch between certain aspects of the Hollywood psychological thriller and the film Trial Run. In making the strong woman both victim and protagonist, ...
^ Jonathan Dennis, Jan Bieringa - Film in Aotearoa New Zealand 1992 Read's feature film Trial Run (1984), a feminist revision of the thriller genre, included vivid and somewhat enigmatic dream scenes.

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[1] Steven Jay Schneider, Tony Williams - Horror International - Page 116 08143310172005 In Read's film Trial Run, Rosemary Edmonds (Annie Whittle), a mother with an assignment to photograph a group of rare penguins, relocates to a remote coastal cottage to gain proximity to the bird's breeding ground. The cottage soon becomes a threatening habitat, however, one that appears to be haunted

[2] Screen International Film and TV Year Book -1990 Page 40 He produced his first film Trial Run in 1984.

[3] Jocelyn Robson Girls' Own Stories: Australian and New Zealand Women's Films 1997 ... and we are not given the images of vicious bloody attack or of unrestrained violence against the female body. Our 'victim' is a strong woman who despite intimidation, violence and threats survives a life-endangering situation and stands firm and physically undamaged finally to confront her tormentor. There is therefore a deliberate mismatch between certain aspects of the Hollywood psychological thriller and the film Trial Run. In making the strong woman both victim and protagonist, ...

[4] Jonathan Dennis, Jan Bieringa - Film in Aotearoa New Zealand 1992 Read's feature film Trial Run (1984), a feminist revision of the thriller genre, included vivid and somewhat enigmatic dream scenes.

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