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I think there’s been 2 notable films so far this year: Mary and Max and Samson and Delilah. But what is more notable is that we’re steering away from the mediocrity and homogeny of the coming-of-age stories that have everyone hating Australian films. Disgrace doesn’t work for me, but it’s different, and shot in South Africa. $9.99 is another stop-motion, an Israeli co-production. Other titles like Last Ride seem to have received a good response at Sydney and Dungog festivals, so here’s hoping.
It’s funny how a couple of good films has people talking about a renaissance, and I agree that we need 2-3 years to pass before we can assess that. There’s been so much talk in the last couple of years, so much introspection about where we’ve been going wrong, that I can only hope that we are turning the corner and starting to make films that people want to see.
I know nothing about those two titles, but I agree that the signs are good. I wonder how much of this is filtering from criteria and policy changes by the funding bodies.
June 22, 2009 at 10:31 pm |
I think there’s been 2 notable films so far this year: Mary and Max and Samson and Delilah. But what is more notable is that we’re steering away from the mediocrity and homogeny of the coming-of-age stories that have everyone hating Australian films. Disgrace doesn’t work for me, but it’s different, and shot in South Africa. $9.99 is another stop-motion, an Israeli co-production. Other titles like Last Ride seem to have received a good response at Sydney and Dungog festivals, so here’s hoping.
It’s funny how a couple of good films has people talking about a renaissance, and I agree that we need 2-3 years to pass before we can assess that. There’s been so much talk in the last couple of years, so much introspection about where we’ve been going wrong, that I can only hope that we are turning the corner and starting to make films that people want to see.
June 23, 2009 at 10:23 am |
With Lake Mungo and The Horseman yet to be released, there are some good signs, aren’t there?
June 23, 2009 at 9:44 pm |
I know nothing about those two titles, but I agree that the signs are good. I wonder how much of this is filtering from criteria and policy changes by the funding bodies.
September 7, 2009 at 7:34 pm |
We all do.