mmm totally not the nicole richie/paris hilton combo you'd imagine. this series is starring me and my mother. day 3 of being in noosa and we have hit up all the supermarkets...
there is nothing to do here. but, i guess that's what holidays are for yeh? hmmm well, we hit up the video store... mum actually hid outside fearing she had late fees. it was ridiculous. i went up to the counter to find out, thinking with her level of paranoia, there must be maybe 50-100 clams of late fees. how much?
30 cents.
from 2003. good lord. anyways, after hanging around the video store and grabbing some movies, i left with the following films.
julie and julia, wake in fright, in the electric mist, the reader, an old mistress, vicky cristina barcelona and every little step.
so far the pick of the bunch was wake in fright. this is a 1971 australian film that has been forgotten for several decades. it aired once on commercial TV in 1984-ish and then was pretty much shunned for its "disturbing" and "inaccurate" depiction of australians.
it's amazing how well this film looks on DVD and if i had a chance to see it on blu-ray i would highly suggest it. the film is about an english school teacher, all proper and nice who basically descends into the hellish australian outback and the harsh, violent and beer thirsty ways of mate-ship.
highly recommended for fans of australian cinema... but vegetarians, be warned. there is a WHOLE lot of kangaroo killing in this film. i was actually shocked they got away with so much!
1 comment:
Oh Ben! So glad to see you blogging again! Miss your witty stories!
Your dear mother sounds like a hoot!
Ahhh Vicky Cristina Barcelona... Hot Spanish love... Must put Wake in Fright on my "to watch" list.
xox
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