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‘A sculptured quality’ (1983)
American actor Dustin Hoffman says he wishes he could have been in Australia during the 1975-1983 renaissance. LA Times critic Charles Champlin says that Australian films have 'a discipline, a sculptured quality’. He refers particularly to Breaker Morant (1979). A ... [read more]
Joey strips (1998)
Joey is a male stripper with five years’ experience. He performs up to six times a day. He explains his role and the reasons for his choice of occupation as he prepares for a hens’ party in a suburban backyard. [read more]
Men are pigs (1976)
With their husbands and boyfriends making naked fools of themselves, Kath (Jeanie Drynan), Jenny (Pat Bishop) and Kerry (Candy Raymond) try to talk about their children, but Susie (Clare Binney), the 19-year-old sexual adventuress, declares she won’t be having any ... [read more]
‘You white fella or black fella!?’ (1996)
As police reinforcements arrive at Wala Wala, Constable Larkin (Bryan Brown) realises he’s in trouble. In the desert, Pastor David (Ernie Dingo) realises he’s in trouble too – of a different sort – as old Poppy (Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie) tells him ... [read more]
Forty pieces of silver (2006)
Pete, a resident of Northcott public housing estate, recalls returning home to find a woman’s body surrounded by coins on the pavement. He believed that she had robbed dispensing machines and was either pushed or committed suicide from a high ... [read more]
Travelling dogs (2006)
As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry. Dion’s grandpa John Beasley talks about Dion’s drawings, and how he draws dogs in all different ... [read more]
Sydney Ferries advertisement (1930)
This complete silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Sydney Ferries from about 1930 opens with children swimming at Nielsen Park. A panoramic shot shows a swinging entertainment ride and a funfair. The advertisement ends with a family picnicking at Clifton Gardens. [read more]
Chimney (1926)
Large steel plates are rolled through a machine to make a chimney that will stand at 150 feet high and be over eight feet in diameter. A cylinder shape begins to form. A hydraulic machine rivets pipes into the ... [read more]
‘What’s Vietnam got to do with me?’ (1969)
In the local park, at night, Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) tells his sweetheart Margie Harris (Rowena Wallace) that going to Vietnam is a waste of his time and money. They kiss, but she won’t let him go further until they’re ... [read more]
School bullies (1987)
Danny (Noah Taylor) gets a dunking from classmates for writing secret love poetry; Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn) rescues him and wins favour from his love interest, Freya (Loene Carmen). [read more]
Making up is hard to do (1996)
During Alice and Mia’s house party, Mia (Frances O’Connor) and Danni (Radha Mitchell) both admit they’ve made a mistake in breaking up with each other. [read more]
Enter Sarah (2011)
Arriving at his Bondi Beach restaurant, Tom (Matthew Goode) is told by his manager (Kerry Fox) to ring Sarah (Bojana Novakovic), his wife. He rushes home to find she has some news. [read more]
Dream sequence (1979)
Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is enjoying a picnic with boyfriend Derek Whitelaw (Rod Mullinar). Horrified to discover her food has been spiked with human blood, Kate turns to Derek, who now appears to be Hyma Brotherhood member Hodge (Max Phipps). [read more]
Patrick’s fury (1978)
Dr Roget (Robert Helpmann) attempts to kill Patrick (Robert Thompson) with a lethal injection. Patrick responds by unleashing his psychokinetic powers. [read more]
‘What journalists?’ (2009)
José Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) tells Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia) that five Australian journalists have gone missing in East Timor. [read more]
‘Oink oink’ (1983)
After a meeting with their boss, Inspector Timms (John Lee), couple Amanda King (Lynda Stoner) and Detective ‘JJ’ Jeffrey Johnson (Peter Adams) argue. Timms wants Amanda to do a dangerous undercover job and JJ is not happy about it. He ... [read more]
Women and work (1973)
A Film for Discussion opens with a montage of still images and live action footage of women working, followed by ad images and clips from old movies, and women yelling and screaming at a concert. [read more]
‘Pommy’ and ‘Aussie’ (1964)
Carol Raye and June Salter sing a song about being Australian versus being English. [read more]
‘What do I see? Afternoon tea!’ (1990)
A new animated sequence brings Mr Squiggle’s rocket to earth. Meanwhile Rebecca (Hetherington) is setting up afternoon tea. Rocket touches down and Mr Squiggle (voiced by Norman Hetherington), with umbrella parachute, lands soon after. They call Blackboard to come and ... [read more]
‘We don’t roll over’ (1997)
Patsy (Miranda Otto) comes to visit Boyd (Richard Roxburgh) and Ralph (Matt Day) in jail, somewhere in western Queensland. Boyd thinks she’s pregnant, but Patsy has much graver news. [read more]
