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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> Chat >> Australians should be proud of these movies http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1450949333 Message started by Lord Herbert on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:28pm

Title: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Lord Herbert on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:28pm

I've just watched 'The Pack'.

A really good movie that should appeal to a worldwide audience.

One of my all-time favourite comedy-horror films was New Zealand's Black Sheep ... absolutely hilarious!

More Aussie films ...

The Pack ... Road Train ... The Reef .... Black Water.

link

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Sprintcyclist on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:51pm

Breaker Morant
Priscilla, Quean of the Desert
Sirens

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by the good ole boys on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:54pm

My mind always harkens back to 'the chant of Jimmy Blacksmith'.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Sprintcyclist on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:12pm

that is an excellent movie

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Culture Warrior on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:14pm

Romper Stomper, Long Weekend, Wake in Fright, Mad Max 2 ...

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:23pm

Lantana, Wake in Fright, Dead Calm, Mad Max, Bad Boy Bubby.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by boxy on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 9:41pm

Angel Baby, Mad Max II, Sunday Too Far Away (wouldn't mind finding a directors cut), Breaker Morant, The Castle.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Lord Herbert on Dec 25^th, 2015 at 11:41am

Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:14pm:

Romper Stomper, Long Weekend, Wake in Fright, Mad Max 2 ...

Romper Stomper's Daniel Pollock committed suicide by diving off the platform into the path of a train at Newtown railway station where I used to catch the train to work every day. Hopelessly addicted to heroin.

Years later two guys were shot in Indonesia for trying to traffic heroin into Australia (not their first trip).

Romper Stomper's Daniel Pollock was a casualty of the sort of people who profit from drugs crime.

***

Age of Consent

(someone's) Party

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by the good ole boys on Dec 25^th, 2015 at 2:09pm

Are you thinking of 'Don's Party", Herb? You won't find a better caricature of Labor/Liberal voters. Funny and still frighteningly relevant. Graeme Kennedy is hilarious.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by The Grappler on Dec 25^th, 2015 at 10:50pm

Blood Oath is well put together... Two Hands was a good story....

Get the Breaker.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws-dqzaotLI

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by issuevoter on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 9:18am

Jedda, from 1955, deserves much credit, although it will seem dated today.

During the Australian Cinema Renaissance of the 1970s, three movies come to mind that are now almost forgotten.

"Age of Consent" with James Mason and Helen Mirren.

"Wake in Fright," also released as "The Outback" is an unflattering look at Australians.

"In Search of Anna," is a fine effort and very evocative of the 1970s.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Lord Herbert on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 10:52am

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned 'Crocodile Dundee'.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Ajax on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 10:55am

Some that I have enjoyed

Crocodile Dundee
The Man from Snowy River
Gallipoli
The Combination
Dead Calm
Tomorrow when the war began
The piano
John Doe
Babe
Cedar Boys
Romper Stomper
The Babadook
Mad Max
Wolf Creek
Alvin Purple
The Wog Boy
Beware of Greeks bearing Guns
No.96
Paradise Road
Muriels Wedding
Red Dog
Storm Boy

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by mothra on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 11:00am

Death in Brunswick, Picnic At Hanging Rock, Proof, Animal Kingdom.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by AiA on Dec 28^th, 2015 at 6:06am

Walkabout - 1971

Sort of like the Blue Lagoon but set in the bush (and no Brooke Shields instead teenage Jenny Agutter) with a father who goes nuts and an Aboriginal boy who ends up dead and eaten by ants. You might find yourself nodding off (I did) or spaced out (I did) but it is considered a "great film" and now you can impress your friends by telling them you have seen it even though you haven't.

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by Kat on Dec 28^th, 2015 at 12:24pm

Mad Dog Morgan.

Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Ginger Meggs (shot in my old home town).

Ned Kelly (OK, Mick Jagger wasn't a great choice for Kelly, but the story's
good and I love the rail scenes (shot on the old Captain's Flat line).

Title: Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Post by issuevoter on Dec 28^th, 2015 at 2:56pm

A movie version of Tim Winton's novel "Breath" may be in production. It was a good book.