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Post by dem on Mar 13, 2023 21:40:57 GMT
Another one from the free library:   The mysterious world of Australian cinema! I saw an Australian film once. I think it was about a young man who went somewhere to be a schoolteacher. I think the twist was that a brother and sister that he got to know had an incestuous relationship. Can you identify the film? Might be Wake in Fright, aka Outback, though as I remember, among those the teacher gets mixed up are a married couple in an open relationship? It would be a brave director attempted to film Braddon's Inseparables. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 13, 2023 21:50:00 GMT
The mysterious world of Australian cinema! I saw an Australian film once. I think it was about a young man who went somewhere to be a schoolteacher. I think the twist was that a brother and sister that he got to know had an incestuous relationship. Can you identify the film? Might be Wake in Fright, aka Outback, though as I remember, among those the teacher gets mixed up are a married couple in an open relationship? It would be a brave director attempted to film Braddon's Inseparables. Could be, but I do not think so. I have the novel of WAKE IN FRIGHT. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Mar 13, 2023 21:52:36 GMT
Might be Wake in Fright, aka Outback, though as I remember, among those the teacher gets mixed up are a married couple in an open relationship? Definitely Wake in Fright, one of my favourite flicks with a brilliant performance by the criminally underrated Donald Pleasence as the dissolute doc. What you might call Outback Noir. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 14, 2023 19:56:18 GMT
Might be Wake in Fright, aka Outback, though as I remember, among those the teacher gets mixed up are a married couple in an open relationship? Definitely Wake in Fright, one of my favourite flicks with a brilliant performance by the criminally underrated Donald Pleasence as the dissolute doc. What you might call Outback Noir. It is not WAKE IN FRIGHT (I just watched the trailer). Can you mention some other Australian film? |
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Post by jamesdoig on Mar 14, 2023 21:24:14 GMT
Definitely Wake in Fright, one of my favourite flicks with a brilliant performance by the criminally underrated Donald Pleasence as the dissolute doc. What you might call Outback Noir. It is not WAKE IN FRIGHT (I just watched the trailer). Can you mention some other Australian film? The SLIM DUSTY MOVIE. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Mar 29, 2023 20:52:52 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 2, 2023 21:41:35 GMT
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Post by helrunar on Apr 3, 2023 3:46:27 GMT
Those are gorgeous. I'm frankly envious of how you keep coming across these treasures in the wild. Thank you as always for sharing them with us via these scans.
cheers, Hel.
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Post by seizure on Apr 3, 2023 20:50:08 GMT
The mysterious world of Australian cinema! I saw an Australian film once. I think it was about a young man who went somewhere to be a schoolteacher. I think the twist was that a brother and sister that he got to know had an incestuous relationship. Can you identify the film? I'm pretty sure that film is Summerfield (1977). |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 3, 2023 20:59:09 GMT
The mysterious world of Australian cinema! I saw an Australian film once. I think it was about a young man who went somewhere to be a schoolteacher. I think the twist was that a brother and sister that he got to know had an incestuous relationship. Can you identify the film? I'm pretty sure that film is Summerfield (1977). Yes! Thank you. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 14, 2023 21:50:49 GMT
Picked these up at the Vinnies shop for 3 bucks each: Didn't know this existed, a stapled 44 page booklet of three stories that didn't make it into Nocturnes:  Couple of novelisations:   And this nice Mike Ashley anthology - Nadelman's God is the TED KJlein story in it:  |
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Post by andydecker on Apr 15, 2023 18:39:23 GMT
Ah, Willard. One of the few movies of the period I never seen. I can't see anything scary in rats - aside from the James Herbert variety - and when I see them in movies I just shrug. One of the dumbest movie cliché is the screaming because of rats. Grow up was the first thing which came to my mind. So the idea of a guy and his pet rodent didn't anything for me. But maybe I am wrong. Is this a forgotten masterpiece?
The Connolly looks like a real find. I always wonder at such prints. Weeks of work lands on the ground of the cutting room, they publish it just once and it can't generate additional income for a long time.
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Post by enoch on Apr 15, 2023 20:36:55 GMT
Ah, Willard. One of the few movies of the period I never seen. I can't see anything scary in rats - aside from the James Herbert variety - and when I see them in movies I just shrug. One of the dumbest movie cliché is the screaming because of rats. Grow up was the first thing which came to my mind. So the idea of a guy and his pet rodent didn't anything for me. But maybe I am wrong. Is this a forgotten masterpiece?
I think rats are cute and they make good pets. I see nothing scary about them either. The problem with Willard is that it was billed as a horror movie when really it's a character study of a lonely person and how that loneliness can drive one to extremes. I haven't seen the movie in years, but it's not because it's too scary -- it's too sad, and I just feel worse after watching it. It's well-acted and a really good movie, provided you don't mind being depressed afterwards. It reminds me of another movie that was billed as horror when really it's just a portrait of loneliness and resultant madness: Fade to Black starring Dennis Christopher. |
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Post by goathunter on Apr 15, 2023 23:12:54 GMT
Excellent comparison. Willard and Fade to Black are similarly-themed and were mismarketed. The rats are only scary in Willard because Willard uses them to exact revenge on people.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Apr 17, 2023 10:49:34 GMT
There is a sequal to Willard called Ben from 1972.
The title track is the song Ben, sung by Michael Jackson. It was his first number one solo single. I wonder how many people who hear it know it is about a killer rat.
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