Peter Weir's lost fever dream: a bird nerd finds Jesus and loses his mind.
An early short film directed by Peter Weir in 1968, centered on the life of a bird enthusiast who becomes a Christian evangelist, and described in archival sources as a surrealistic documentary.
Direction
Baby Weir already swinging for the surrealist fences.
Writing
Script reportedly improvised—explains the beautiful mess.
Acting
Weir casting himself as Buck: director as unhinged prophet.
Director
Peter Weir
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Weir made this at 23 while teaching high school, using students and friends. It screened once publicly then vanished for decades.
This predates Weir's '70s Australian New Wave masterpieces by years—imagine seeing Picnic at Hanging Rock's dream logic here in crude embryo form.
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