tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post6657369935800018206..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: How theatre is saving the soul of Australian fillumsAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-44773426809921651212008-02-24T22:10:00.000+11:002008-02-24T22:10:00.000+11:00My word, must read the whole of this commentary la...My word, must read the whole of this commentary later - but for now, no, Alison, The Term of His Natchril was all I could think of at this point. <BR/>Published 1870-72, in serial form at first in the Australian Journal, after the Argus commissioned Clarke to report on 'the history and legacy of the convict system' at Port Arthur in 1870. Not sure if that makes it a source, I think Gabbett (the genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-8157694757054189392008-02-23T18:53:00.000+11:002008-02-23T18:53:00.000+11:00If you're interested in checking out Russell's inf...If you're interested in checking out Russell's influence over the scriptwriting process, (not to mention a cautionary tale about why our movie business needs saving) you should read this Sydney Morning Herald article about his decision to pull out of the Aussie film, Eucalyptus:<BR/><BR/>www.smh.com.au/news/Film/Crowe-scuttles-Eucalyptus-film/2005/02/11/1108061866965.html<BR/><BR/>My favourite Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-52995440349807764982008-02-23T14:32:00.000+11:002008-02-23T14:32:00.000+11:00Ah yes, but then the film would have been rewritte...Ah yes, but then the film would have been rewritten by Russell Crowe. I'm sure the "package" was important for The Seventh Seal too - I mean, what would it have been without the sardonic beauty of Max Von Sydow? (Yes, I've been doing a bit of dvd watching lately...) But in this case, "package" meant "vision", not "$$$$".<BR/><BR/>I don't mean by this argument, btw, that I think Australian theatreAlison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-26453001567341384082008-02-23T14:20:00.000+11:002008-02-23T14:20:00.000+11:00"Do you ever get the uneasy suspicion that if Berg..."Do you ever get the uneasy suspicion that if Bergman...delivered the script for The Seventh Seal, he'd be told to run away and work on his plot points and character development?"<BR/><BR/>Not if Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman were attached to the project.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, despite what funding bodies tell you, the "package" is often more important than the script.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-73051890083167148622008-02-23T09:58:00.000+11:002008-02-23T09:58:00.000+11:00Oh, and in the cold light of Saturday morning, I a...Oh, and in the cold light of Saturday morning, I also stand by what I said about Hell's GateS.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-30659222096464438182008-02-23T09:32:00.000+11:002008-02-23T09:32:00.000+11:00Andrei, Werner, nice of you to drop in and give me...Andrei, Werner, nice of you to drop in and give me a poke. I just read through the article again and fixed up my typos. Maybe - well, it's not maybe, definitely - I haven't had a good week, but hey, I stand by it all.<BR/><BR/>Aside from a few isolated, well-intentioned and literate souls, do you think the bureaucracy and financial structuring of the film industry here encourages work of any realAlison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-29953268200039949002008-02-23T08:52:00.000+11:002008-02-23T08:52:00.000+11:00Alison. If I am correct (which I think I am), you ...Alison. If I am correct (which I think I am), you might have missed the points made in Werner's comment - if you read a little more closely, I think you'll see, he seems to be having a friendly little dig at you (re: Hell's Gates), albeit obliquely. Whilst pointing out that the title of the film in question is actually in the plural.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-47966539338594324432008-02-22T18:46:00.000+11:002008-02-22T18:46:00.000+11:00Thanks Matt - we're on the same page then. The pro...Thanks Matt - we're on the same page then. The problem with written conversation is the inability to read tone, as I too have often found, having offended people with comments meant to be ironic and taken straight.<BR/><BR/>And I think we're saying the same thing, though we can have a long (and probably dull and certainly well worked over) discussion on things such as subjectivity, objectivity Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-78088709905051350982008-02-22T14:22:00.000+11:002008-02-22T14:22:00.000+11:00Sorry, Ms. C, I didn't mean to confuse. I think my...Sorry, Ms. C, I didn't mean to confuse. I think my blunt (and admittedly opaque) comment has been misread as an attack.<BR/><BR/>When I say that I leave "the 'student' out of it", all I mean is that I like to approach student work (be it cinematic, theatrical, visual, musical, etc.) as I would approach that of so-called professionals (be they mainstream, fringe or otherwise, to employ the labels Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-72504747030875001512008-02-22T09:34:00.000+11:002008-02-22T09:34:00.000+11:00You have a most interesting blog.Stay on groovin' ...You have a most interesting blog.<BR/><BR/>Stay on groovin' safari,<BR/>Torhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-6295586661862638812008-02-21T23:22:00.000+11:002008-02-21T23:22:00.000+11:00Hi Werner - yes, indeed, Meyrick's resignation was...Hi Werner - yes, indeed, Meyrick's resignation was reported some time ago. I have been told - in no uncertain terms - that he resigned in order to pursue his academic work, and has left the MTC in perfect amity.<BR/><BR/>To return to topic: I'm slightly puzzled by your response here, Matt, and uncertain myself how to respond. You're perfectly welcome to disagree with me; but is the problem that Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-91553904024245556872008-02-21T23:08:00.000+11:002008-02-21T23:08:00.000+11:00re: Hell's Gates (all of them), have you heard tha...re: Hell's Gates (all of them), have you heard that Julian Meyrick is leaving the MTC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-17089437578634690342008-02-21T21:09:00.000+11:002008-02-21T21:09:00.000+11:00Believe me, I always leave student out of it.Believe me, I always leave student out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-70489541688627415692008-02-21T18:56:00.000+11:002008-02-21T18:56:00.000+11:00No, Genevieve, it's me being thick. I totally forg...No, Genevieve, it's me being thick. I totally forgot about <I>For The Term Of His Natural Life</I>. Mea culpa; though really I was thinking of contemporary works, and that almost qualifies as a source text. Do you know of any other treatments?Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-76725851381493789222008-02-21T17:58:00.000+11:002008-02-21T17:58:00.000+11:00Alison, am I being a bit thick, or are you excludi...Alison, am I being a bit thick, or are you excluding Marcus Clarke from your non-list of previous treatments of those cannibals?genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-82200997743028832732008-02-21T15:54:00.000+11:002008-02-21T15:54:00.000+11:00PS Thanks anon for the WPA vid - yes, it's fantast...PS Thanks anon for the WPA vid - yes, it's fantastic.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-9843255661892537162008-02-21T15:34:00.000+11:002008-02-21T15:34:00.000+11:00Hmm. Maybe the trailer wasn't a good idea... :) It...Hmm. Maybe the trailer wasn't a good idea... :) It gives only the barest glimpse of what I like, but that's all I could find online. Matt, see the whole thing and then make your judgement (and leave "student" out of it). It's not earnest, unless Tarkovsky is earnest too: one of the things I enjoyed in it was in fact a lightness of touch.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-91314593474620423012008-02-21T14:50:00.000+11:002008-02-21T14:50:00.000+11:00Weddings Parties Anything, of course, based the am...Weddings Parties Anything, of course, based the amazing "Tale They Won't Believe" on Robert Hughes' version of the Franklin River cannibals. Best thing the Weddos ever did, to my mind, and it definitely qualifies as art.<BR/><BR/>www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNqxI5EdiIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-39555410347277106772008-02-21T14:22:00.000+11:002008-02-21T14:22:00.000+11:00Well, I may have to reserve judgment until I've se...Well, I may have to reserve judgment until I've seen the whole thing, because the trailer evokes exactly the kind of student film earnestness I loathe with every fibre of my being.<BR/><BR/>I need to start doing creative work again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com