this be my all time favorite movie . it might seem a pretty strange film at a distance of 30 year while perhaps you have to be live in australia in 1972 to appreciate it . peter weir make the car that eat paris about the same time a picnic at hang rock ( which be much more successful at the box office and win a lot more critical acclaim ) . one top film critic at the time comment that picnic with all it ethereal mystery be weir take on sci fi movie and while car be an allegory of the vampire movie . vampire film be mean to be gory and crass with low budget special effect while so be car . it resonate perfectly with the 1970 australian shock horror tabloid culture about road accident and violence and bikie gang and rebellion and drug and guilty pleasure . the understated menace of the small town violence be brilliant and a precursor of modern australian horror film like wolf creek . the pathetic impotence of the old generation be also a classic 1970 theme . the intentionally low budget production style be another hallmark of australian creativity . to me this film encapsulate and satirise everything that happen in 1970 australia and and i cherish it .