If you loved Wake in Fright, try The Proposition
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Wake in Fright, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
dread
What The Proposition is
Outback dusk. A whip-crack of wind across red dirt. A marshal’s knife glints in the firelight. Charlie Burns holds it, weighing his brothers’ names carved into its haft. A slow fuse of guilt burns through the last western myth.

