Eric Bana‘s performance in
The Dry
is one of those reminders that less is more. Sometimes more is more, yes, but in the case of the hit Australian crime mystery, silence speaks loudly. Bana stars as Aaron, a man investigating a murder-suicide involving his old friend back home, where he is not welcomed with open arms. Similar to the cast of colorful supporting characters in director
Robert Connolly‘s depiction of rural Australia, as an audience, you’re suspicious of Aaron because Bana gives everyone so little.
It’s a mystery Bana sells in the patient but a propulsive thriller, based on
By Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times
You have likely seen many movies that are a lot like “The Dry,” a noirish thriller about an outsider returning to his hometown to poke around a mysterious murder case. Then again, you’ve probably eaten your favorite dessert many times, and it a
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This image released by IFC Films shows Eric Bana, left, and Genevieve OâReilly in a scene from The Dry. (Ben King/IFC Films via AP) This image released by IFC Films shows Eric Bana, from left, Keir OâDonnell and Matt Nable in a scene from The Dry. (Ben King/IFC Films via AP) This image released by IFC Films shows Eric Bana in a scene from The Dry. (Ben King/IFC Films via AP) This image released by IFC Films shows Eric Bana, left, and Genevieve OâReilly in a scene from The Dry. (Ben King/IFC Films via AP)
The Dry star Eric Bana on making the Aussie thriller on the road to nowhere Clark Collis
In director Robert Connolly s just-released Australian thriller
The Dry, Eric Bana plays a federal agent named Aaron Falk who returns to his remote, drought-stricken hometown and is drawn into investigating a double murder. We get the distinct impression right away that he s not welcome and we spend some time understanding the reasons for that, says Bana. He s having to deal with a ghost from his past in order to help solve a mystery in the present.
Below, Bana talks more about the film (which was a huge hit in Bana s native Australia) and what it was like shooting this adaptation of Jane Harper s bestselling novel on the road to nowhere.