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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.
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.
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.
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.Anyone who’s hung round political backrooms (like me) will recognise the terrifying truth of In The Loop, Read more »
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.
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.
Heaven or hell?
The cynical movie-goer is by now more than used to the advertising ploy of the fake trailer.
Which is what I thought I must be seeing when I watched this at the cinema the other day:
To my surprise though, Being In Heaven appears to be a real movie, albeit a less than traditional one - directed and starring self-help guru Michael Domeyko Rowland. There’s even a Being In Heaven website to support it.
It screens in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from the end of the month.
I cant wait to read the reviews.
Tim Burrowes
Comments
18 Jan 10
4:55 am
Should I be giggling hysterically when he says he feels “alone…abandoned”. Because I am.
18 Jan 10
5:10 pm
That wierd old dude says, “If you were fully conscious you would not create negative experiences”. I disagree. Some of the best experiences I’ve created were when I was barely conscious.
18 Jan 10
5:42 pm
I am hoping this film will unlock The Secret of The Power of Now so I no longer Sweat the Small Stuff.
My energetic boundaries are vibrating at a really high frequency in anticipation of this cinematic masterpiece.
19 Jan 10
10:42 am
That is the biggest wasted of 1min 41 seconds ever. I’m writing this while the video is still running
22 Jan 10
3:07 pm
Is this the new Secret? Can’t wait…
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