Opinion

• Cameron in Queensland

  I have been aware of the Gold Coast studios for many years and I have been budgeting for films here for many years.

  James Cameron at the Warner Roadshow shoot of Sanctum.

• Blue-Tongue times

  Blue-Tongue, a loose-jointed Australian moviemaking collective, is now flooding American festivals, the awards circuit and those who look for Hollywood’s next big thing with its rough-and-tumble fare, and can now add an Oscar nomination to its résumé.

  The New York Times on Australia’s independent elite.

• 3D blindness

  All of this is rolling forward without any thought to the potential health hazards of continuous, long-term exposure to 3D. None of the television manufacturers have done any health & safety testing around this.

  Mark Pesce believes 3D TVs might make people go blind.

• Nice to meet you, Ms. Streep

  It is total name drop city.

  Oscar nominee Luke Doolan on the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon.

• Bob Ellis: Rough Cut

  Bob Ellis on In The Loop and Invictus.

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• Tomorrow captures Australian beauty

  “The added colour depth offered by 35mm film helped to accurately capture the beauty of the Australian landscape … an important story point.”

  Ben Nott on his Daybreakers digital shoot vs. Tomorrow, When the War Began in 35mm.

• Smaller screen, bigger ideas

  Television is an avenue we really wanted to explore.

  The Spierig brothers may revisit Daybreakers in a new medium.

• Billing against piracy

  If you illegally download a movie that I am in from the internet, or buy a pirated DVD of Underbelly Two you are stealing from me and everyone who put their investment, talent and effort into that production.

  Actor Roy Billing on piracy for The Sydney Morning Herald.

• It’s a steal

  Australian internet users are facing enormous and ongoing restrictions to their legitimate access to popular content, in terms of both timeliness and price [...] If content providers want to thrive, they will have to start responding to user demands for reasonable, timely and fairly priced content.

  The SMH wonders why Gossip Girl costs A$34.99 on iTunes US vs. A$74.75 here.

• Unique appeal

  What [...] you won’t see in another film: a snake used to replace a broken engine belt, Geoffrey Rush shitting on the side of a road, a condom tree and a hot Aboriginal girl singing ” Stand By Your Man”.

  Influential US site Ain’t It Cool news reviews Bran Nue Dae.