tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post2586724150340988095..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: MiscellanyAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-83589441726745126112009-04-18T12:12:00.000+10:002009-04-18T12:12:00.000+10:00Billington is drawing a parallel of bankruptcy, ra...Billington is drawing a parallel of bankruptcy, rather than richness...! I'm a big fan of the classic American film - recently revisited The Hustler, which looks as marvellous as it did the first time I saw it. This time I noticed that it owes a surprising amount to theatre! I rather suspect that the present "crisis" in Australian film scripts stems from an ignorance of the tradition of dramatic Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-35254177125316125512009-04-18T11:53:00.000+10:002009-04-18T11:53:00.000+10:00Blaming the alleged bankruptcy of today's Hollywoo...Blaming the alleged bankruptcy of today's Hollywood on poor old Andrew Sarris is like blaming the present financial crisis on Marx and Engels -- ridiculous on so many levels I don't know where to begin. <br /><br />Re the Hollywood/avant-garde parallel: certain cutting-edge European filmmakers, notably Portugal's Pedro Costa, have very explicitly acknowledged a debt to the auteurs of Hollywood's Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523747990880689432noreply@blogger.com