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#376 Post by eez28 »

New blog posting.
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#377 Post by eez28 »

Skillman on Robinson Crusoe on Mars
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#378 Post by starmanof51 »

eez28 wrote:New blog posting.
Dear Tamara,

Why do you think you rock so hard? Nature? Nurture?

yours,
Starmanof51
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#379 Post by Lemmy Caution »

Funny, I like all of those other fonts better than the thick, clunky, obscuring one that was chosen.

And while a monkey in a space suit is eye-catching and straight from the movie, the cover makes it look like the film is related to the Planet of the Apes series.
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#380 Post by eez28 »

Confirmation of Ice Storm at new blog posting.
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#381 Post by denti alligator »

eez28 wrote:Confirmation of Ice Storm at new blog posting.
And Zentropa.
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#382 Post by Svevan »

Lee Kline wrote:I told Ang that we might want to trade the CRT for an iPod since lots of people are watching stuff on them as well.
Yikes, kitten's got claws.
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#383 Post by Jeff »

Tamara has visited Australia, where she watched Walkabout for the first time. She's now looking for suggestions of other Australian films to watch. I don't have a lot of knowledge about Australian cinema, but I'd tell her to start with the two Peter Weir films that Criterion has released. I suspect that davidhare and some of our other Aussie members will have some more adventurous selections.
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#384 Post by Cinephrenic »

Don't forget we got Jane Campion and her films. Breaker Morant and Shine are some good films.
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#385 Post by zedz »

I'd recommend Rowan Woods' harrowing The Boys, though if Tamara had to turn away from the kangaroo scenes in Walkabout she'll be like a koala in the headlights at the end of this. It's a grubbily intense, scrambled-time chiller in the mould of Alan Clarke, with David Wenham as the moral black hole of the film.
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#386 Post by Jeff »

I'll add Phillip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence to Tamara's list of things to see as well, and of course My Brilliant Career, the ultimate Aussie chick-flick.
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#387 Post by mteller »

My favorites are already on Criterion (Picnic at Hanging Rock and An Angel at My Table), and I agree with Breaker Morant and Rabbit-Proof Fence. My knowledge of Australian film is pretty limited, but I'd add Bad Boy Bubby and Romper Stomper. And for kicks, Road Warrior.
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#388 Post by chaddoli »

Wolf Creek is an excellent Australian film. It's also one of the best horror films released in recent years.
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#389 Post by LightBulbFilm »

How about The Proposition... Does that count?
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#390 Post by Buttery Jeb »

"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" is an excellent film, although availability issues might be a problem. And Nick Cave fans could also add "Ghosts of the Civil Dead," although it's not much more than an average prison film (although it's a very good prison film).

-BJ
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#391 Post by colinr0380 »

Proof and Bliss.

Burke and Wills.

Sunday Too Far Away.

Vigil is also an interesting film (along with Vincent Ward's next film The Nagivator: A Medieval Odyssey).

For war films, Gallipoli and Breaker Morant (sorry Cinephrenic, just saw you had already mentioned it!)

I assume Tamara has already seen Muriel's Wedding and the Mad Max films? :wink:
Buttery Jeb wrote:"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" is an excellent film, although availability issues might be a problem.
Seconded - Fred Schepisi's earlier film The Devil's Playground is also well worth checking out.

Another good coming of age tale is The Year My Voice Broke.

I'd also second Bad Boy Bubby - as long as you can get past the first section!

Sorry, I got carried away!
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#392 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE »

My money would buy Newsfront or Celia and almost anything by Paul Cox.
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#393 Post by zedz »

mteller wrote:My favorites are already on Criterion (Picnic at Hanging Rock and An Angel at My Table).
Not an Australian film. (They can have The Piano, though).
colin wrote:Vigil is also an interesting film (along with Vincent Ward's next film The Nagivator: A Medieval Odyssey).
Ditto.
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#394 Post by Cosmic Bus »

I'd add the marvelous Chopper to the suggestion list and second Rabbit-Proof, Bliss and Bad Boy Bubby as my personal favorites of the ones already listed.

The HVE release of Weir's Cars That Ate Paris/The Plumber is quite good, too.
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#395 Post by Cold Bishop »

chaddoli wrote:Wolf Creek is an excellent Australian film. It's also one of the best horror films released in recent years.
come again...
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#396 Post by CSM126 »

For God's sake, anything Rolf de Heer! I'd hope she'd watch it and then, ya know, suggest to someone at Criterion to look into the guy. His works are so woefully under represented in R1. Are we never to get a DVD of The Quiet Room (one of the best films of the 1990's)? Or Dance Me to My Song? I'm fairly sure the only de Heer flicks available on DVD here are Ten Canoes and Bad Boy Bubby, and we need MORE.
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#397 Post by Buttery Jeb »

CSM126 wrote:Are we never to get a DVD of The Quiet Room (one of the best films of the 1990's)?
The Quiet Room. Probably not what you were hoping for, but there you are.

-BJ
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#398 Post by mteller »

zedz wrote:Not an Australian film.
D'oh, I knew that. I have no excuse... brain fart, I guess.
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#399 Post by devlinnn »

I feel very sorry for Tamara's close-at-hand if she's taken a liking to vegemite (if it looks like poo, smells like poo, and tastes like poo....), but for the umpteenth time in these hills - Paul Cox would be ideal for the Eclipse collection - My Favourite Wife / Man of Flowers / Cactus (it stars Isabelle Huppert for goodness sake) / A Woman's Tale / Golden Braid. The majority of other films released here over the past 30 years hardly rise above the mildly interesting.
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#400 Post by jaredsap »

colinr0380 wrote:Another good coming of age tale is The Year My Voice Broke.
But a DVD would cost Tamara $274.95. Perhaps her Criterion pals could help bring that price down to $39.95?
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