|
Fresh Territory
December 2005
Top End backdrop for new thriller
Caption: The Rogue film crew led by director, Greg McLean, at work in Katherine Gorge.
When AFI Award-winning
director Greg McLean needed a
wild natural setting to shoot his
new thriller, Rogue, he turned to
the rivers of the Top End. For the
past month, the filmmakers have
been seen meandering through
the fresh waters of the Red Lily
Lagoon in Arnhemland, as well as
Kakadu and Nitmiluk National
Parks.
Rogue is the latest predator to emerge
from the imagination of Mr McLean,
who attended last month’s AFI Awards,
where his last film, Wolf Creek, was
nominated for a swag of awards. It’s a
movie currently terrifying audiences
around the world.
Although the lead actors in Rogue have
been imported from the USA (Michael
Vartan) and Sydney (Radha Mitchell and
John Jarratt), the real star of the film is
the Northern Territory landscape – the
lotus-lined banks of Kakadu’s Yellow
Water Lagoon and the sandstone walls
of Katherine Gorge.
A robotic 7 metre crocodile has been
constructed for the project. “I want the
audience to go on a journey with the
characters on the boat and experience
the feeling of being incredible isolated
as they go through the suspense and
thrills of being chased by a crocodile,”
says Mr McLean. “It’s like when the
consumer becomes the consumed.”
The crew finished the Territory
section of the production and moved
to country Victoria to complete the
location work. It’s hoped that Rogue will
spark northern tourism in the same
way Crocodile Dundee did a generation
ago.
© Northern Territory Government of Australia 2005
 Back To Rogue Expositions
|
|
