“When I started doing damage to others, bringing others down and really disappointing people that I love, that’s when I kind of clued into the fact that I was living a deeply unsavoury life.” Every time I ask any filmmaker the question, the answer is almost always the same, “The advertising budget is virtually non-existent.” Surely though, for a…
“You have to be exceptionally resilient, be prepared for many knocks to your confidence, and still get up every morning and find the joy in what you do.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid Actor, Director, Photographer, Videographer. You have achieved diverse careers that people dream of. Do you prefer one over the other? Honestly, acting has always…
It’s a crime The Infinite Man wasn’t nominated for the $100,000 prize at this year’s CinéfestOZ film festival. Ironically, it was the most talk about film over the five day event and, with all due respect, was a far better film in every regard than Robert Connolly’s Paper Planes which took home the loot. When I asked…
Allowing just ten minutes to interview two filmmakers with such a rich history in Australian cinema should be considered a felony in itself. It’s not an easy task to interview two personalities as big as Matthew Saville’s and Joel Edgerton’s in such short time, but their generous answers gave me plenty to work with. Interview…
Australian directors don’t come more committed than Rolf de Heer. For two and half years he’s worked twelve hour days and seven day weeks throwing everything he has at his new film, Charlie’s Country – his third collaboration with longtime friend, David Gulpilil. During a recent Q&A at Luna Leederville his dedication was starting to…
“I’ve done a lot of research for this role which is always a big part of my work really. You could get monkeys to learn lines.” You’re in Melbourne at the moment. Keeping warm? Yeah, winter in Melbourne. I’m rehearsing a play and it’s been a full on week. How’s everything going with Glengarry Glen…
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