Picnic at Hanging Rock; From the Office of Dr Sigmund Jung, via John Catania; 1975 A Year of Dreams and Discovery

Yarrow points out that, '[A]long with The Man From Snowy River, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Beneath Clouds, Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of Australia's most visually breathtaking films. Catania argues that 'failure to recapture the distinctly Australian tone and widespread success of the films of the 1970s has led to feelings of anxiety and confusion, clinically termed an 'identity crisis'; David King reminisces the year when the ALP was in the ascendant, Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister and tertiary education was free.