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Brian Kavanagh (filmmaker)
Brian Kavanagh (born 1935) is an Australian author, editor, writer, producer, and director of films and documentaries. As a film editor, he is known for his collaborative works with Fred Schepisi and Murray Fahey. In 1986, he was honored with the Australia Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Editing, for his work on '' Frog Dreaming''. In 1997, he was awarded a lifetime membership of Australian Screen Editors. Filmography As director/producer * 1971: ''A City's Child'' * 1980: '' Maybe This Time'' (as producer only) * 1983: '' Double Deal'' (also as writer) * 1986: '' Departure'' * 1996: ''Flynn'' (original director) As editor * 1970: ''The Naked Bunyip'' * 1973: ''Libido'' * 1976: '' The Devil's Playground'' * 1978: ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' * 1978: ''Long Weekend'' * 1979: ''The Odd Angry Shot'' * 1985: '' Frog Dreaming'' * 1986: ''Going Sane'' * 1993: '' Frauds'' * 1993: '' Get Away, Get Away'' * 1994: ''Encounters Encounter or Encounters may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Editing
Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital technology. The film editor works with raw footage, selecting Shot (filming), shots and combining them into Sequence (filmmaking), sequences which create a finished Film, motion picture. Film editing is described as an art or skill, the only art that is unique to cinema, separating filmmaking from other art forms that preceded it, although there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms such as poetry and novel writing. Film editing is often referred to as the "invisible art" because when it is well-practiced, the viewer can become so engaged that they are not aware of the editor's work. On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence. The job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Playground (1976 Film)
''The Devil's Playground'' is a 1976 Australian drama film written, produced and directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a boy growing up and going to school in a Catholic juniorate administered by De La Salle Brothers. Its focus is on the trials of the flesh and the tensions that arise, for both Brothers and students, from the religious injunction to control one's sexuality. Premise In August 1953, the 13-year-old Tom Allen attends a Catholic juniorate in Melbourne, Australia. Students and Brothers face individual challenges of faith and self-restraint. Cast * Arthur Dignam as Brother Francine * Nick Tate as Brother Victor * Simon Burke as Tom Allen * Charles McCallum as Brother Sebastian * John Frawley as Brother Celian * Jonathan Hardy as Brother Arnold * Gerry Duggan as Father Hanrahan * Peter Cox as Brother James * Thomas Keneally as Father Marshall * Sheila Florance as Mrs Sullivan * John Diedrich as Fitz * Alan Cinis as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Directors
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubbyhouse
''Cubbyhouse'' is a 2001 Australian horror film, directed by Murray Fahey and starring Joshua Leonard (of ''The Blair Witch Project'' fame) and Belinda McClory (''The Matrix''). It screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. It was produced by David Hannay who said "I’ve been a fan of Murray Fahey’s since he was a film school student and I regard him as almost unique in being a true independent filmmaker who writes, produces, directs and acts in his own films." Retrieved 25 November 2012 Plot Cast * as Danny Graham ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dags (film)
''Dags'' is a 1998 Australian comedy film centring on the adventures of a group of friends, directed, produced and written by Murray Fahey. Production Fahey wrote the film in three weeks. It was shot in nine and a half days using a house that acted as four locations in one.Anne Marie Lopez, "Everyone Together Now: Low Budget Filmmaking in Australia", ''Cinema Papers'', July 1997, p18-21. References External links *''Dags''at ''Oz Movies''''Dags''at ''Urban Cinefile''''Dags'' reviewat ''SBS Movie Show'' Australian comedy films 1998 films Films directed by Murray Fahey 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Is A Four Letter Word
''Sex is a Four Letter Word'' is a 1995 Australian film directed by Murray Fahey and starring Joy Smithers, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee (Australian actor), Mark Lee, Tessa Humphries and Rhett Walton. It has been described as an Australian version of ''The Big Chill (film), The Big Chill'' (1983).Anne Marie Lopez, "Everyone Together Now: Low Budget Filmmaking in Australia", ''Cinema Papers'' July 1997 pp. 18–21 Premise A love columnist (Joy Smithers) invites six friends over to talk about love and sex. References External links *''Sex is a Four Letter Word'' at Screen Australia Australian comedy-drama films 1995 films Films directed by Murray Fahey 1990s English-language films 1995 comedy-drama films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encounters (film)
''Encounters'' (also known as ''Voyage into Fear'') is a 1993 Australian thriller about a woman and her husband who return to the estate where they grew up. The movie was shot from 6 July to 1 August 1993. It premiered in Brussels at the Mystery and Suspense Festival.Anne Marie Lopez, "Everyone Together Now: Low Budget Filmmaking in Australia", ''Cinema Papers'' July 1997 pp. 18–21 References External links * 1993 films Australian thriller films 1990s thriller films Films directed by Murray Fahey 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Away, Get Away
''Get Away, Get Away'' is a 1992 Australian Road Comedy film which was the directorial debut of actor Murray Fahey. Plot Bank teller Rick Carter gets away for the weekend on the advice of used car salesman Andrew. He runs into a beautiful French hitchhiker, Suzanne, and some criminals, Carl the Mouth and Benny the Brain. Cast *Murray Fahey as Rick Carter *Annie Davies as Suzette *Ewan Campbell as Carl the Mouth *Rodd Hibbard as Darren the Cafe *Ned Manning as Benny the Brain Production The film was shot in Sydney over two weeks on 16mm from January 1991 to August 1992. Release It was not released theatrically in Australia but did sell overseas.Anne Marie Lopez, "Everyone Together Now: Low Budget Filmmaking in Australia", ''Cinema Papers'' July 1997 pp. 18–21 References External links *''Get Away, Get Away''at Screen Australia Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauds (film)
''Frauds'' is a 1993 Australian thriller comedy film starring Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrnes. The film focuses on Roland Copping (Collins), a sociopathic insurance investigator who blackmails a married couple (Weaving and Byrnes) about the accidental killing of their friend during a prank gone wrong. It was selected to be In Competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film opens with a boy named Roland Copping celebrating his 8th birthday, where his mother gives him a pair of dice that belonged to his father. Roland and his brother Matthew make a raft, and Roland tells Matthew to get on the raft after rolling the dice. Sending it on the river, Matthew jumps onto an overhead crane while the raft goes over a waterfall. Roland runs off to tell his mother, who runs onto the crane and grabs Matthew, but he slips and falls into the river, going over the waterfall. Years later, the now-grown Roland (Collins) is now an insurance investigator and a practical j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Sane
''Going Sane'' is a 1987 Australian comedy starring John Waters John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his Cinema of Transgression, transgressive cult films, including ''Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), ''Pink Flamin .... It was one of several films made in the 1980s where Waters plays a character who has a mid life crisis.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p110 In 1994 when asked to name his worst movie, Waters said ''Going Sane'' was the one "that failed to achieve its brief more than any other." Production Filming started 15 July 1985."Production", ''Cinema Papers'', March 1986 p62 References External links *''Going Sane''at Oz Movies Australian comedy films 1987 films 1987 comedy films 1980s English-language films 1980s Australian films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Odd Angry Shot
''The Odd Angry Shot'' is an 1979 Australian war comedy film written, directed and produced by Tom Jeffrey (with Sue Millikin). It is based on the book of the same title by William Nagel, and follows the experiences of Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War. The movie, which was shot on location in New South Wales and Canungra, Queensland, traces the tour of duty of an Australian Special Air Service Regiment reconnaissance team from their departure to their return home to Australia. It avoids much of the political comment on Australia’s involvement in Vietnam, unlike Hollywood films which tend to explore the rights and wrongs of the Vietnam War. The film focuses on the soldiers in their cantonments away from the battlefield, where they spend the bulk of their time playing cards, smoking, drinking beer, nursing their tinea, making jokes and messing about with American forces. The film also contains some small scale battle scenes. When the men return to Australia, they r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Weekend (1978 Film)
''Long Weekend'' is an Australian psychological thriller film shot in 1977 and first shown in 1978. The film was directed by Colin Eggleston and stars John Hargreaves and Briony Behets. Plot Peter and Marcia, along with their dog Cricket, go for a weekend camping trip to a secluded beach. There is tension between the couple, and it appears that each may have a lover. Marcia is not keen on taking this trip but does so grudgingly. On the way there, Peter's discarded cigarette butt ignites a small fire, and the car accidentally kills a kangaroo. Once they have arrived and set up camp at the edge of a wooded area near the beach, the couple cause more environmental damage, including the theft and destruction of an eagle's egg, the killing of a dugong, what appears to be the killing of a throng of birds, and the needless partial chopping of trees. Peter and Marcia bicker, and it is revealed that a crucial source of mutual resentment is an abortion she had following an affair with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
