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Well, 90 percent or so of it is desert basically, so it aint too bad if you want to make films in the desert like Mad Max. But it does strike me as weird that we are seemingly beyond saving.
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Well, a ton of movies are set in L.A., but from my very limited experience, I find the place to be something of a shithole. Even if the entire Continent sucked ass, its still a first world country and I’m surprised more movies aren’t coming out of Australia.
Yeah, i know, we were one of the biggest filmmaking countries in like the 20s or so. and then we fell off the face of the earth.
Haha your wish came true Angel.
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Too bad the director sucks ass! ;D
lol, i remember Luhrman said once that he was open for anything and if they asked him to direct a Bond film he would. Who the hell is going to ask him to direct a Bond film.
Although, i didnt mind Moulin Rouge and Strictly Ballroom is a pretty good film. But we have far better directors, like Weir.
[quote=“Angel”]
But we have far better directors, like Weir.
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Yay! Funny I mentioned Weir, because a new film is coming out, an Australian film directed by Weir about a famous Australian who escaped from prison and ended up in India and in some Bollywood films and also ended up joining some mafia I think.
The real headline however, is that he will be played by none other than Johnny Depp sporting an Australian accent (and I am expecting a pretty accurate one too, because Depp spent some time I think with the actual guy). It is great that an American is going to play an Australian well instead of the other way around.
Any recommdations? Haven´t seen much from Australia.
The Proposition is coming out soon, a down-under western
I guess I don’t have to mention “Mad Max”, right?
There a quite a few good movies from Australia, actually, one of the best being “Dead Calm: A Voyage Into Fear” with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. It’s basically about a couple on a ship, totally cut off from civilization, while being stalked by a psychotic killer. Very suspenseful and claustrophobic Thriller with a satisfying showdown. But the german DVD is supposed to be cut.
Does New Zealand count? In that case check out “Heavenly Creatures” by Peter Jackson, his probably most mature work up to date, a beautifully filmed Drama with a very violent and disturbing background.
There are a few other movies I’ve seen mostly on recent Fantasy-Filmfestivals, but I don’t recall their names right now and the respective site is currently out of order. I’ll get back to you if I have more recommendations.
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Does New Zealand count? In that case check out “Heavenly Creatures” by Peter Jackson, his probably most mature work up to date, a beautifully filmed Drama with a very violent and disturbing background.
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Their industry is big enough to be separate.
Chopper: About a famous criminal who now writes novels about the Australian underworld…
Mad Max: Obviously…
Crocodile Dundee: Not a favourite of mine, but a damn successful film nonetheless
The adventures of Priscilla queen of the desert: Worth a watch if you don’t mind films about drag queens
Strictly Ballroom: Kind of weird, but if you liked Moulin Rouge or Romeo + Juliet (the Leonardo Di Caprio one) it is worth a watch
Alvin Purple: Sexploitation basically (same goes for Alvin rides again)
The odd angry shot: Vietnam war film about soldiers with nothing to do
(Even though Australians totally rocked in Vietnam and ambushed the vietcong 80% of the time, as opposed to the Americans getting ambushed by the vietcong 90% of the time)
Picnic at hanging rock: a Peter Weir film and an Australian classic
Two hands: good Australian crime film
Ned Kelly: (the one with Heath Ledger) worth watching to see one of Australia’s biggest heroes
Romper Stomper: Australian skinhead flick
Shine: Geoffrey Rush is great in it
Gallipoli: About Australians in World War 1
Lantana: One of the best Australian films of recent years
The Castle: one of our most famous films ever
Road games, Turkey shoot, etc: a lot of exploitation films mostly horror which Australia has made over the years is enjoyable (these films are probably the reason why Australian cinema is Tarantino’s second favourite cinema)
A relatively new Australian film called Bondi Tsunami has all the makings of a cult film. It is about the Japanese surfing sub-culture in Australia. A group of Japanese surfers travel along the coast of Australia in search of surf. It is done like a music video (intentionally) and is called a music video motion picture. But not like those horrible action films that come from music video directors and are effectively a 90 minute music video. This is done well and on purpose.
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[color=yellow]Well I finally saw Wolf Creek… and it sucked. Its so booooooooring. I can’t tell if I’m supposed to like or hate these kids. Not to mention its a complete ripoff of tcm. And worst of all its one of those, tell this story of what happened to these people when nobody even knows. Like the Perfect Storm! The guy was probably on drugs and killed them himself.
And am I the only one who absolutely hates when the director makes people stupid just so they are easier to kill! And the fact she picked the one car of MANY in the lot the guy was in! Was there even a garage door she could have got out. STUPID!!! I shouldn’t even bother believing quentin about a movie produced by the weinsteins.
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[color=navy][color=red]SPOILERS
[color=yellow]Well I finally saw Wolf Creek… and it sucked. Its so booooooooring. I can’t tell if I’m supposed to like or hate these kids. Not to mention its a complete ripoff of tcm. And worst of all its one of those, tell this story of what happened to these people when nobody even knows. Like the Perfect Storm! The guy was probably on drugs and killed them himself.
And am I the only one who absolutely hates when the director makes people stupid just so they are easier to kill! And the fact she picked the one car of MANY in the lot the guy was in! Was there even a garage door she could have got out. STUPID!!! I shouldn’t even bother believing quentin about a movie produced by the weinsteins.
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The Weinsteins only bought it after it was made. The Producer mortgaged his house to pay for the film. But come on, it wasn’t that bad. You didn’t even like Undead, which was kind of plain and average, but at least it didn’t take itself seriously.
Is it the Australian accents you don’t like or the style? Do you like Aussie films like Road games or Turkey Shoot or many of the other horror/exploitation/sci-fi films that were made in a time where we got far more funding?
Oh and I feel I have to explain this because it gets brought up alot. The film is not actually based on a real event. It is based on many real events. Because frankly backpacker murderers are many. Things like this do happen, it just didn’t happen in one instance like the film.
Wolf Creek was good… at least thats what i thought… as for Undead i didnt like it… but thats probably because before i saw it i heard all this stuff about people saying how it was " what Zombie films should be " nonsense…
I also thought that wolf creek got support from the Australian Film financing corporation ( or something like that ) … that sounds cool…
how can Ausrtalian cinema be his second favorite? I’d assume that it would be first american, then italaian, then chinese, then australian if anything.
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how can Ausrtalian cinema be his second favorite? I’d assume that it would be first american, then italaian, then chinese, then australian if anything.
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no he said italian, then australian.
it’s mostly because of BMX Bandits.
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no he said italian, then australian.
it’s mostly because of BMX Bandits.
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Yeah, and Dark Age. It really isn’t that surprising. Tarantino loves exploitation films and Australia has a rich exploitation film history. People just don’t remember it. The government used to fund films and people just made shitloads of horror/action exploitation films.
Not Quite Hollywood should have sparked more interest than it did. That doco was something any self-respecting Australian film lover should be proud of…too bad Australia lacks self-respecting film lovers.