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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]
Inappropriate calls (1998)
Ambulance officers talk about inappropriate use of emergency vehicles. Some patients call an ambulance when they could have travelled to hospital by taxi or private vehicle. While this is quite legal, it could take the ambulances out of operation when ... [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]
‘My place’ (1988)
This clip features time-based portraits of patrons in an Erskineville pub and residents of an aged care facility in Campsie, Sydney. [read more]
‘An extension of your personality’ (1988)
Time-based portraits at a family home and Housing Commission flats in Erskineville and Redfern. [read more]
Recordings (1999)
Tensions emerge between housemates Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) and Hana (Mikiko Ooka) as he prepares to leave Australia. [read more]
‘Life is like a song’ (1998)
Della (Gillian Jones) definitively ends her relationship with Dale (Aaron Blabey) then performs at a casino. [read more]
‘I should have known better’ (1983)
Pam (Gabrielle Shornegg), Stella (Geraldine Haywood) and Gloria (Marina Knight) enact a Beatles performance for a crowd of screaming fans. Later Pam and Stella continue their play-acting at home. [read more]
Christmas Eve in Darwin (1986)
Journalist Steve Parry (Chris Haywood) and Hilton (Paul Pryor), his friend and cameraman, drink at a tin-shed pub called Polly’s on Christmas Eve, 1974. [read more]
‘It’s a rather delicate matter’ (1976)
Arnold (Jeff Kevin) has a heart-to-heart chat with Norma (Sheila Kennelly) about Rhonda. [read more]
Kate’s ambivalence (1997)
Kate is a single mother with a five-year-old son, Liam, seeking a life partner. Peter, a fireman, invites her and her son to visit his work place. Kate acknowledges that Liam is delighted but she feels ambivalence towards Peter as ... [read more]
This child, Zita (2003)
Aggie Abbott tells of how, when Zita returned to her mother after years of being absent, her mother said that her daughter was dead. Ron Wallace, Zita’s husband, talks about Zita’s experience of being immersed within Western society and alienated ... [read more]
Cat hat (2000)
John Wamsley describes how he was able to get major press coverage for his cause by wearing a hat made of feral cat skins. He says that if you want to attract attention you need a gimmick. [read more]
