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Second of all, no Not Quite Hollywood release yet? Any cinema releases or festivals?
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I know there is an R2 release, if anyones interested.
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I know there is an R2 release, if anyones interested.[/quote]
There’s a fantastic 2-disc here in Australia. I am just surprised that one hasn’t been released in the US.
Does The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford count?
[quote=“Mr.Pink”]Does The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford count?[/quote]
Well, Dominik’s Australian, but the film’s pre-dominantly American. So no.
I’d go by director and say The assasination should be allowed. If not The Proposition is another brilliant flick and for once Irish people look absolutely badass in it!
[quote=“blue_lou_boyle”]I’d go by director and say The assasination should be allowed. If not The Proposition is another brilliant flick and for once Irish people look absolutely badass in it![/quote]
The Australian film bodies have systems for deciding whether or not a film is the product of our national cinema. It usually works out that the funding is inconsequential. As long as the key creative personnel (above the line) are Australian and there are other things like location perhaps.
But they wouldn’t categorise Assassination as Australian.
The Proposition, though, is definitely acceptable. It’s actually a shame. Bushranger films were close to becoming a great Australian genre in the same way as Westerns are seen as a typically American genre and Chanbara is typically Japanese. But the New South Wales government banned bushranger films early on to prevent the supposed “bad influence”. They were beginning to be popular too, with films such as The Story of the Kelly Gang (considered the world’s first feature-length film).
Back then, Australia was one of the most prolific filmmaking countries. But then World War I happened and when Australia went off to war, the United States were able to continue making films. Our film industry never really returned to the way it was after that.
Thats interesting to know. We’re kind of lucky in Europe that the small amount of stuff that makes it into arthouse cinemas from australia and asia is generally of a decent standard…although black sheep was from New Zealand and it was TERRIBLE!
[quote=“blue_lou_boyle”]Thats interesting to know. We’re kind of lucky in Europe that the small amount of stuff that makes it into arthouse cinemas from australia and asia is generally of a decent standard…although black sheep was from New Zealand and it was TERRIBLE![/quote]
Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah won the Camera D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, so that was exciting. Go and watch it if it comes out there.