Australian
Screen

an NFSA website

My First Wife (1984)

play
Email a link to this page
To:
CC:
Subject:
Body:
clip 'Women are like eskimos'

This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Helen’s mother (Betty Lucas) tells her daughter (Wendy Hughes) not to be selfish – she should go back to her husband. In the hospital where he’s recovering from an overdose of pills, John (John Hargreaves) endures a visit from the psychiatrist, Dr Hirschfeld (Ron Falk). Helen arrives to take John home.

Curator’s notes

by Paul Byrnes

Cox is a talented humorist, although his sense of humour is often very subtle – as in the characterisation here of the psychiatrist as a peeping tom, before he enters the ward. There is humour too in the dry way that John responds to his questions. Everyone in the film is at very low ebb at this point, beyond anger. The humour returns in the script after the emotions have been exhausted. So too does a sense that life, after all, must go on.

Thanks to the generosity of the rights holders, we are able to offer 'Women are like eskimos' from the feature film My First Wife as a high quality video download.

To play the downloadable video, you need QuickTime 7.0, VLC, or similar.

You must read and agree to the following terms and conditions before downloading the clip:

australianscreen is produced by the National Film and Sound Archive. By using the website you agree to comply with the terms and conditions described elsewhere on this site. The NFSA may amend the 'Conditions of Use’ from time to time without notice.

All materials on the site, including but not limited to text, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, illustrations and still images, are protected by the Copyright Laws of Australia and international conventions.

When you access australianscreen you agree that:

  • You may retrieve materials for information only.
  • You may download materials for your personal use or for non-commercial educational purposes, but you must not publish them elsewhere or redistribute clips in any way.
  • You may embed the clip for non-commercial educational purposes including for use on a school intranet site or a school resource catalogue.
  • The National Film and Sound Archive’s permission must be sought to amend any information in the materials, unless otherwise stated in notices throughout the Site.

All other rights reserved.

ANY UNAUTHORISED USE OF MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY RESULT IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

This clip is available in the following configurations:

File nameSizeQualitySuitability
myfirstw3_pr.mp4 Large: 22.4MB High Optimised for full-screen display on a fast computer.
myfirstw3_bb.mp4 Medium: 10.6MB Medium Can be displayed full screen. Also suitable for video iPods.

Right-click on the links above to download video files to your computer.

Thanks to the generosity of the rights holders, we are able to offer this clip in an embeddable format for personal or non-commercial educational use in full form on your own website or your own blog.

You must read and agree to the following terms and conditions before embedding the clip:

australianscreen is produced by the National Film and Sound Archive. By using the website you agree to comply with the terms and conditions described elsewhere on this site. The NFSA may amend the 'Conditions of Use’ from time to time without notice.

All materials on the site, including but not limited to text, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, illustrations and still images, are protected by the Copyright Laws of Australia and international conventions.

When you access australianscreen you agree that:

  • You may retrieve materials for information only.
  • You may download materials for your personal use or for non-commercial educational purposes, but you must not publish them elsewhere or redistribute clips in any way.
  • You may embed the clip for non-commercial educational purposes including for use on a school intranet site or a school resource catalogue.
  • The National Film and Sound Archive’s permission must be sought to amend any information in the materials, unless otherwise stated in notices throughout the Site.

All other rights reserved.

ANY UNAUTHORISED USE OF MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY RESULT IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

Copy and paste the following code into your own web page to embed this clip: