"Kiss or Kill"
1997
Directed by Bill Bennett

A dazzling and disturbing thriller written and directed by noted Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett (Backlash, Spider And Rose). Winner of 5 Australian Academy Awards.   Starring Frances O'Connor and Matt Day (Muriel's Wedding), recently seen together in the acclaimed Love And Other Catastrophes, as Nikki and Al, a pair of attractive grifters who earn their living "rolling" businessmen whom Nikki picks up in bars. Though propelled by a film noir, young-lovers-on-the-lam motor, KISS OR KILL is a startlingly contemporary vehicle that owes nothing to the past. Executed in a lean, jagged style that draws its inspiration from the rugged landscape, and edited at a furious, fastforward pace, the film creates a distinctive universe in which no one is as good or as bad as they seem. Color.  97 minutes.