This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Australian screenwriter and director Ana Kokkinos' second feature film which she co-wrote with Australian playwright and screenwriter Andrew Bovell, is an adaptation of a novel from 2000 by English author Rupert Thomson. It premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2006, was screened in the Visions section at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, was shot on location in Melbourne, Australia and is an Australia-UK co-production which was produced by producer Al Clark. It tells the story about a ballet dancer named Daniel who lives in an apartment with his girlfriend named Babette and who whilst preparing for an upcoming ballet show is abducted by three unknown women.Distinctly and finely directed by Australian filmmaker Ana Kokkinos, this finely paced fictional tale which is narrated mostly from the main character's point of view, draws a heartrending and afflicting portrayal of an Australian man who after having been exposed to twelve days of utter humiliation and sexual molestation returns to his girlfriend as a shell-shocked and shattered man, and his relationship with his middle-aged ballet instructor. While notable for it's colorful, naturalistic and mostly interior milieu depictions, sterling production design by production designer Paul Heath and cinematography by Australian cinematographer Tristan Milani, this character-driven story which graphically and commendably examines non statutory female on male rape and which reverently goes against the overly stereotypical portrayal of gender roles in cinema, depicts an internal study of character and contains a good score by Polish composer Cezary Skubiszewski.This somewhat romantic, erotic to the point that it reduces the narrative and atmospheric drama which is set in Melbourne, Australia where a man wanders through nightclubs in a bewildering search for perpetrators whom he has no conclusive memory of as they were dressed like nuns and wearing hoods, is impelled and reinforced by it's at times cogent narrative structure, substantial character development, mysterious undertones, pivotal scene between the protagonist and two police officers and the fine acting performances by Australian actor Tom Long and Australian actresses Greta Scacchi and Deborah Mailman. A psychological, dramatic and somewhat anticlimactic mystery from the late 2000s.

Sure, I like some indie films. A lot, actually. I don't always understand them, and that's okay. Not all of them were meant to be understood, especially by mainly main-stream people like me. I'm probably showing my ignorance, but I'm still puzzled why 'Book of Revelation' is called that. I love those end-of-world stories and the only thing I could see similar to the end of the world and this film was the torture it took to get through this. I'm not talking about the subject matter; perhaps I've been subdued from all the other torture/porn I've seen. It was just the incredibly slow story, one hour 15 minute material stretched for nearly two hours. (Major spoilers lie ahead) Hetero-man dancer gets abducted, seduced and raped six ways from Sunday, or in this case 12 days, by three hooded women. Upon his release, after his somewhat distraught dancer/girlfriend barely flinches (other than dropping a glass) after wondering which she missed more: him or the cigarettes she originally sent him for upon abduction. Still in a state of reasonable shock, he refuses to talk, and she goes on to work without so much a hug as if nothing happened and he takes a well needed shower. Problem. As much as he's tormented through the flashbacks to his, uh, "attacks," he's as equally aroused. Granted, I haven't been bound and used as a plaything, but I doubt I would really "be in the mood." Oh, I forgot, and how does he try and solve this crime? Sleep with as many women as he can to try and spot the birthmarks or tats the criminals had. I see where they're going with it – show a gang rape from the male POV. Fine, twist notwithstanding, you could never feel for this guy. Only saving grace was the good acting of the LifetimeTV Dancer/Cancer Instructor. But even she couldn't save the film.

Firstly, the title has no relevance whatsoever to the movie. It started off fine with good development but got annoying when he couldn't tell his girlfriend what had happened to him. Even his attempt to tell the police failed, which just added to the annoyance value. There were too many pregnant pauses in the movie that seemed more like filler than anything worthwhile. The plot never revealed who did this crime to him although a good plot would have allowed disclosure. The ending was nothing short of "hey we've run out of budget let's stop it here NOW!!"...If I'd written a novel that ended this way I'd top myself. TRASH TRASH TRASH!!

The Book of Revalation: Viewed at MIFF:Of the many films attended by 'screen partner' and m'self at MIFF this year, 'Like Minds' and 'TBOR' were the standouts. Tom Long really does give the performance I always hoped he'd be capable of, applause to AK for casting both he and Greta Scacchi. Whilst I have an aversion to those who seem to insist upon using such terms as 'brave' and ' courageous' to describe performances (PLEASE folks: Turning up to a film shoot risks only ego... saving a drowning swimmer in a rip-tide is brave), there are challenges afoot for all concerned in the making and viewing of this film.The diverse opinions you've no doubt read here so far confirm our experience... A film that begs discussion over coffee, or a drink!Go-Ana, I had my serious reservations,but then you knew your audience would!