{"id":2812,"date":"2016-07-08T16:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/07\/08\/last-cab-to-darwin-is-an-evocatively-shot-drama-exploring-euthanasia\/"},"modified":"2016-07-08T16:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T16:24:23","slug":"last-cab-to-darwin-is-an-evocatively-shot-drama-exploring-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/07\/08\/last-cab-to-darwin-is-an-evocatively-shot-drama-exploring-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Cab to Darwin is an evocatively shot drama exploring euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Wheeler \/ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/p>\n

In a moving, deeply spiritual film about an aging taxi driver dying of stomach cancer, the protagonist sets out on a drive across Australia to an ocean-side part of the country where euthanasia is legal. Is he frightened of dying? \u201cEveryone is scared of doing things you\u2019ve never done before,\u201d says Rex Macrae, played note-perfect by Michael Caton as a man who lived alone and wishes to die the same way. Adapted from a stage play by Reg Cribb, Last Cab to Darwin<\/em> is a scenic drama evocatively shot, with shafts of sunlight here and gritty blue-collar rurality there. Director Jeremy Sims probably uses a setting-sun metaphor more than necessary, but otherwise his decisions are immaculate and his film should hold audiences in thrall. On a journey of self-discovery, the metre keeps running. Might as well, Last Cab<\/em> tells us, get your money\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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