Ostensibly a road movie, with all the clichés of the genre, Rear view depicts two women – performed by Randall with actor and artist Linda Chen – on a road trip from Broken Hill to the town of Wilcannia in country New South Wales. Unlike mainstream cinema, Rear view is presented as a lengthy single take: performed in a studio by the actors in real time – bringing a liveness to the performance that belies its cinematic medium – set against previously recorded, rear-projected footage of the view from the tail end of a vehicle travelling between the two towns.
