Sure I can...lots, in fact.

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Posted by Harmonia on April 22, 2004 at 11:50:55

In Reply to: Australian made movie recommendations? posted by drudgery on April 22, 2004 at 08:53:25:

I was never a huge fan of the most popular Oz flicks like Simply Ballroom, Muriel's Wedding or the Mad Max series. (I enjoyed them...mostly. However, Australia has better things to offer. Other people love them and you might too.) And forget about that piano biopic of David Helfgott starring Geoffrey Rush.

But one of my favorite filmmakers of all time is Australian Peter Weir, whose 1970s Oz trilogy introduced me to film down under:

Pinic At Hanging Rock
The Last Wave
Gallipoli

After Gallipoli, you might also check out:
Breaker Morant

I love Brit director Nicholas Roeg, whose wonderful movie Walkabout, shot in the Aussie outback, is now on DVD.

Before there was "The Great Cate" (Blanchette, that is) there was the great Judy Davis, who knocked everyone out in her film debut My Brilliant Career.

One of my favorite Oz flicks is from 1991: Proof - starring the (then) unknown Hugo Weaving and a very youthful, low-key Russell Crowe.

Crowe turned in a career-making performance that same year in the explosive Aussie drama Romper Stomper.

I was rather fond of a film few other people saw, Oscar and Lucinda, starring Cate Blanchette and Ralph Fiennes. Flawed, but I truly enjoyed it.

More recently, about the time Lantana came out, another, less publicized Autralian film called Innocence was making the North American festival and arthouse circuit. Excellent, subtle film, although I don't know if it's available on video here.

This year, Japanese Story was interesting. Currently playing in arft houses is a fascinating film called The Tracker.

Dark City and Star Wars Episodes 2 and the soon to be released Episode 3 were shot in Australia.

There are probably several excellent Oz productions that never made it across the big pond.

O gosh! I just thought of another one...damn, I can't remember the name - The Cars That somthing something...about a town that profits by creating auto accidents to strangers passing though, hilarios...let me think...

oh well...the rest should keep you busy for a while. Then you must move on to Kiwi filmdom.

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Topic - Australian made movie recommendations? - drudgery 08:53:25 04/22/04 (15)

Newsfront (1978) directed by Phillip Noyce. nt - Mick Jones 15:15:55 04/26/04 (1)

Road Games, Dead End Drive-In, The Coca-Cola Kid (nt) - bubbahotep 01:08:52 04/23/04 (0)

Sure I can...lots, in fact. - Harmonia 11:50:55 04/22/04 (3)

Hanging Rock was a pretty movie . . . - albee33 17:31:04 04/22/04 (0)

In fact....here's more. - Harmonia 15:01:15 04/22/04 (0)

The Cars That Ate Paris!!!! - Harmonia 12:10:34 04/22/04 (0)

Re: Road Warrior? Any of Peter Weir's older stuff? (nt) - mkuller 11:41:48 04/22/04 (0)

Lantana [nt] - ephemere 10:03:14 04/22/04 (1)

Boring. The least charismatic leading man of all time. nt - tinear 10:58:12 04/22/04 (0)

Re: Australian made movie recommendations? - rico 09:52:16 04/22/04 (5)

Re: Australian made movie recommendations? - grinagog 16:24:10 04/22/04 (4)

Ooo, a new Sam Neill. - Harmonia 17:09:22 04/23/04 (3)

Its a very different role for Sam Neill - grinagog 19:43:25 04/23/04 (2)

Roger Donaldson directed Sleeping Dogs nt - Des 02:32:21 04/24/04 (1)

My goof; indeed he did, Mune starred! (nt) - grinagog 06:27:57 04/24/04 (0)

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Sure I can...lots, in fact. - Harmonia 11:50:55 04/22/04 (3)

Hanging Rock was a pretty movie . . . - albee33 17:31:04 04/22/04 (0)

In fact....here's more. - Harmonia 15:01:15 04/22/04 (0)

The Cars That Ate Paris!!!! - Harmonia 12:10:34 04/22/04 (0)

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