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25th January 2009, 12:53 AM #16
....ahem'....you do know that some of us Yanks read these posts also
Don't really see a lot of "great" movies (can you say "Crocodile Dundee"?) coming out of Oz either....with the exception of "Ned Kelly"
Now, having said that...I do agree with most, if not all, what has been said about Hollywood and their mind-numbing, ludicrously stupid, so-called major productions...most of them suck royally....makes it easy to spend more time in the shed instead of in front of the boob-tubeCheers,
Ed
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25th January 2009, 09:24 AM #17
There's plenty of really good, bleak Aussie films around. They're just not much fun, I get enough bleakness in reality
Mick
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25th January 2009, 10:37 AM #18
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25th January 2009, 01:11 PM #19SENIOR MEMBER
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We are not exempt from making rubbish but here are some movies you should see, The Dish, The Castle, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Muriel's Wedding, Pricsilla - Queen of the Desert, Mad Max I & II (I think its called Road Warrior outside Oz), The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Romper Stomper, Stone to name just a few.
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26th January 2009, 04:27 AM #20
TL and Cruzi ...will check out those titles next time I go to the library. Thanks
Cheers,
Ed
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26th January 2009, 09:41 AM #21
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26th January 2009, 10:02 AM #22SENIOR MEMBER
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How about the local Williamstown man who wrote a play about a liquid metal man. He gave a copy to a producer who latter made guess what
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26th January 2009, 10:52 AM #23
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26th January 2009, 02:02 PM #25
Only the educated ones
Whoops...watch what your accusing me of
Ned Kelly - your not referring to that Mick Jagger thing are you?
Nope...it's the one starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, and Geoffery Rush. 2004 release.
Have seen Gallipoli, but not Breaker Morant...will keep an eye out for it.
Cheers,
Ed
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26th January 2009, 08:03 PM #26GOLD MEMBER
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27th January 2009, 04:10 AM #27
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27th January 2009, 04:53 AM #28New Member
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All idea's are rip offs in some shape or form.......with our own flare
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27th January 2009, 10:23 AM #29GOLD MEMBER
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Dear Cruzi,
Don't forget "The Man From Snowy River" (Just the first one, mind you! Ed would like that one because Kirk Douglas was one of the stars - in two different roles!. Brian Dennehy was in the second one, but overall it just wasn't quite up there with the original...) And you'd also have to throw "Phar Lap" into any list of Australian Greats! "The Mango Tree" and "My Brilliant Career" come to mind as well... "Strictly Ballroom" was another one that packed some real Boxoffice muscle, too. And hey - how could you go past "Babe"... (only the first one, mind you...)
Ed - some of those films are just not going to mean anything to you Americans. I mean - Guys, how could the Yanks possibly understand "The Castle"?... Or "Chopper" for that matter, hey?... "Two Hands" would be good too, Ed, if you wanted to get a grip on the modern "Australiana" feel of things, and you didn't mind Heath-Ledger... (Bryan Brown steals the show, though...)
Yes, Aussies punch above their weight when it comes to film-making. Unfortunately, however, the patrons here are generally more interested in American product. But I think the whole industry is currently in a state of flux. Will cinemas even still be around in ten years? Maybe not... This has got to have an effect on the style of movie that they will end up beaming/cabling down to our Loungeroom Flatscreens, no matter what country the film is getting made in...
Final word: Tom Cruise should have at least had a crack at a German accent in Valkyrie...
Best Wishes,
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