The Cars that Ate Paris - the unexpected beginnings of a master director

Writer Will Well examines the humour and visual invention of Peter Weir's debut film.

Peter Weir’s debut film - about an Australian backwater town that strips visiting cars (and their drivers) for parts - was a scrappy cult thriller, miles away from his Oscar-winning Master and Commander or The Truman Show. Yet the film’s humour, its love for the outsider and visual invention parks it squarely alongside Weir’s later work, says writer Will Webb.