tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post6213065454315635686..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: KetchupAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-78068116905715201352009-06-10T13:54:11.729+10:002009-06-10T13:54:11.729+10:00CINEMA NOVA exclusive Q&A for WAKE IN FRIGHT T...CINEMA NOVA exclusive Q&A for WAKE IN FRIGHT Tuesday June 16, 6.30pm<br /><br />More details cinemanova.com.au<br /><br />An exclusive ‘in discussion’ event with director Ted Kotcheff & editor Anthony Buckley of the 1971 cult film WAKE IN FRIGHT in fully restored 35mm print. Moderated by director Mark Hartley (NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION). In association Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-74610533785083246882009-05-06T17:29:00.000+10:002009-05-06T17:29:00.000+10:00As far as retrospectives go, MIFF 2008 was a big i...As far as retrospectives go, MIFF 2008 was a big improvement on previous years, but broadly I'm with Ethel. I thought the Ozploitation selection was uninspired -- MUFF did much better in its inaugural year. The Yang and Romero seasons were on target, but when was the last time MIFF highlighted a director from the pre-1960s era? <br /><br />Apologies for hashing this out on a theatre blog, but Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523747990880689432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-55320520591538801862009-05-06T16:49:00.000+10:002009-05-06T16:49:00.000+10:00"MIFF has for years banned retrospectives of featu..."MIFF has for years banned retrospectives of feature films people would actually go to see, so they instead have worthy things like "the first feature produced in Laos", or "Kuomintang Instructional Films of the Interregnum"."<br /><br />What rot, Ethel. Last year's MIFF screened an excellent retrospective collection of Ozploitation films; and in previous years the festival has shown restored richardwattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950174268698168041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-25753597912459786842009-05-06T10:22:00.000+10:002009-05-06T10:22:00.000+10:00Or buy the dvds, which is what I do... And really?...Or buy the dvds, which is what I do... And really? I'll have to follow that up. That's my idea of a good time too. Recently we had a mini Lindsay Anderson festival (If... and O Lucky Man) and frankly it's hard to get too much of Helen Mirren.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-20649365892035555662009-05-05T23:48:00.000+10:002009-05-05T23:48:00.000+10:00We can hope Wake in Fright will be on at the Melbo...We can hope Wake in Fright will be on at the Melbourne Film Festival, but don't hang by your thumbs, as my old mum used to say. MIFF has for years banned retrospectives of feature films people would actually go to see, so they instead have worthy things like "the first feature produced in Laos", or "Kuomintang Instructional Films of the Interregnum". When nobody goes, they say there's no demand Ethel Malleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-63933671971198271792009-05-04T16:23:00.000+10:002009-05-04T16:23:00.000+10:00Hopefully it'll be at MIFF -- I've never seen it, ...Hopefully it'll be at MIFF -- I've never seen it, so I'm excited either way.<br /><br />Oh, and when you say this is the first time you watched the Logies, did you mean that you missed Joan Rivers in 2006? If so:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAw-FBuieNY<br /><br />Best international guest ever.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523747990880689432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-282957164679686052009-05-04T16:16:00.000+10:002009-05-04T16:16:00.000+10:00Yes, dear Bill Collins. I was fascinated that he ...Yes, dear Bill Collins. I was fascinated that he hosted the only tv showing of <I>Wake In Fright</I>, because I saw it, blithely unaware that it was such a rare experience (and on the brink of being lost altogether - all too common a story in Australian culture) - until now, of course, when we can all get it on dvd soon. Which I will.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-83785914476262675742009-05-04T15:09:00.000+10:002009-05-04T15:09:00.000+10:00I only caught about forty-five minutes, but surely...I only caught about forty-five minutes, but surely nothing could top the speech by Bill Collins, a splendid defense of the value of art from a genuine eccentric who would never have been signed up by today's timid TV producers. A highlight: the declaration that he and his wife bonded over their love for Hitchcock's The Lodger ("It's about Jack the Ripper!"). But those who missed it can find the Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523747990880689432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-7804061983413859592009-05-04T14:01:00.000+10:002009-05-04T14:01:00.000+10:00Oh. Oh dear.
BethOh. Oh dear.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com