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's 1981 collection ''

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''. The film stars

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and

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. ''Everything Goes'' won the award for Best Short Film at the 2004

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and was the only Australian film selected for the prestigious

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in 2005.

Synopsis

The film depicts the unlikely relationship that forms between a young couple (Cornish and Stapleton) looking to begin their future together and a lonely middle-aged man (Weaving) trying to rid himself of the past.

Cast

as Ray *

as Brianie *

as Jack *Nikki Bennett as Ray's Wife

Reviews

The film received positive reviews from critics. In an article on Australian cinema for Cinematical.com, respected American film critic Jeffrey M. Anderson praised ''Everything Goes'' as "everything a great short film can be" and noted that "Kotatko makes spectacular use of light and space, using Carver's words when necessary and conjuring up wordless images just as potent"."Cinematical Seven: Great Exports from Down Under" by Jeffrey M. Anderson
'' Cinematical'' 20 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

References

External links

*
''Everything Goes'' at Cinematical.com
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