by GREG KING “We wanted to make a film unlike any that had been made in Australian cinema before,” says Richard Flanagan, novelist, writer and director of The Sound Of One Hand Clapping. Flanagan found that the best way to get his words onto the screen was to make the film himself. “As that Bob… Continue Reading »
SLEPING BEAUTY – interview with director Julia Leigh
by GREG KING “I love films that I’m mesmerised by, that I can’t take my eyes off,” says Julia Leigh, Australian novelist turned filmmaker. “Personally I don’t like seeing a film on Thursday night and then forgetting it by Friday morning. My hope is that Sleeping Beauty is a memorable film.” Her debut film,… Continue Reading »
MURDER MOUTH – interview with director Madeleine Perry
by GREG KING “I hope that the films I make might often be quite challenging – although some might not be quite as confrontational as this – but hopefully they will always get people to think and engage with the world and their own life in a way that is enriching. And that is why… Continue Reading »
LITTLE JOHNNY – Interview with RALPH MOSER
by GREG KING. We’ve all heard some of those “little Johnny” jokes, now we can discover their origin. Little Johnny is a new animated mockumentary that discovers the “real boy” behind the jokes, and also looks at his dysfunctional family that provided the inspiration for much of the humour. The film itself is the brainchild… Continue Reading »
SNOWTOWN – interview with director Justin Kurzel
by GREG KING “This was definitely the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” remarks director Justin Kurzel about his experiences of working on his debut feature film Snowtown. “Every day was an adventure.” Snowtown is a new film that explores the notorious “bodies in the barrels” murders that occurred in a small South… Continue Reading »
AUSTRALIAN NOIR RETROSPECTIVE – Interview with Richard Sowada, ACMI’s Head of Programming
AUSTRALIAN NOIR RETROSPECTIVE – Interview with Richard Sowada by GREG KING When you think of film noir, you typically think of those black and white crime melodramas of the ‘40’s and ‘50’s, the more traditional American kind of noir type in which good men were often corrupted by the wiles of a manipulative woman. Double… Continue Reading »