Picnic at Hanging Rock with Jane Schoenbrun

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Summary

On St. Valentine's Day in 1900, a group of podcasters set out to record an episode about Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock. Some were never to return...because they got addicted to the calming sounds of pan flute! Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun joins us to chat about this 1975 classic of Australian cinema, and we're getting into the eerie qualities that make this film such an enduring mystery. From Rachel Roberts' wig drama to frame rate manipulation...from the Aboriginal concept of "dream time" to the casting of actual private school girls...there's much to unpack. But don't worry, we also spend a lot of time discussing The Grabber from The Black Phone 2. Check out Jane's Dream Film Syllabus Watch the Virgin Suicides Zoom Reunion Read Australian Gothic: Peter Weir’s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ at 50 by Tim Pelan Check out Jane's Sully Tumblr Pre-Order Jane's Book Public Access Afterworld Pan flute accompaniment composed and performed by Alex Mitchell Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On Blank Jack with Griffin and David
0:04.0	Blank Jack with Griffin and David
0:08.0	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:11.0	All you need to know is not the name of the show is Blackjack
0:17.0	On St. Valentine's Day in 1900, a party of schoolgirls set out to podcast at Hanging Rock.
0:27.8	Some were never to return.
0:30.3	That's the tagline.
0:31.3	That's the tagline.
0:32.5	Apart from podcast.
0:33.3	This original poster, I think, is quite beautiful.
0:36.5	It's so good. But it is funny how much that tagline frames it. How do you not want to see that movie? As so much more of a horror film. Well, of course. Yes. But I love the pink border. It's really good. I just think it's so good. It actually sells the aesthetics of the movie pretty well. Yeah. It visually represents.
0:55.6	I did Google or I think I clicked through on Wikipedia.
0:58.8	St. Valentine's Day.
1:00.3	I was like, what is St. Valentine's Day?
1:02.5	Is it different?
1:03.4	No, it's just Valentine's Day.
1:05.2	Valentine's Day is honors the Roman Saint, St. Valentine guys.
1:09.1	You guys, you know, we we gotta give it up for her.
1:11.3	Shut out. I, I, excuse me, I celebrate an agnostic Valentine's Day. The only God I respect on
1:18.0	Valentine's Day is the Lord of Hallmark. Okay, well, do you know who, what St. Valentine is the patron saint of?
1:25.3	Fucking. No. What? Logistics.
1:28.9	Excuse me?
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