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Run Chrissie Run! 1984
“A car belonging to a local young man was incinerated yesterday by two women described as stunning blondes.”
Australian film is desperately lacking in badass women so this is a W from me. Stunning Barossa Valley scenery, and some great scenes in stone barns that have just been transformed into Torbreck’s VIP tasting room…
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Blinky Bill 1992
Returning to this after a long time and I honestly didn't expect it to hold up as well as it did. The story and songs certainly don't match the standard we're used to today in children's animation, but from a production point of view this was an incredibly ambitious film.
Yoram Gross first utilised their iconic look of 2D animation over live action backgrounds with Dot and the Kangaroo in 1977, and Blinky Bill took the method further - blending…
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A Cry in the Dark 1988
Essential viewing.
Australian film always shines in the realm of docu-dramas, but this one hits SO much harder. The number of credited actors alone makes it stand out in its sense of scale, but watching this film you realise that it is a story not just about the Chamberlains, but about all Australians.
The heart of the story is a tragedy, wrapped in these seemingly random but essential 5-10 second scenes of gossipers... in the pub, the newsroom, the tv set, loungerooms and 'ruined' dinner parties.
This is how a country waged punitive lawfare on a victimised woman, and continues to do so to this day.
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