New (& fairly recent) Oz films

SHIEEEE' IT. I tried putiing Balibo and My YEar Without Sex on our NEtflix que and theres a "long wait" note behind each one. (Im still waiting for Gray Fox-a western)

SO, What are some good outback movies ? maybe they are on NETFLIX.

(We watched "The Dish", it was good, but, like many movies in the "Waking Ned Devine genre, it was slow)

Were you serious about wanting a list of outback films, farmer? If so, here's a link with a list for you to check out.:

http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian_outback_movies.html

I'd also recommend Wake in Fright (an oldie that's just been re-released) if you want to be put off Oz for life!

No, I haven't heard anything about that one at all, Deb.

Thank you, <rs F is searching on Netflix to see if those movies (other than Hogans) are on their catalog

Mind you, I am hardly an expert on outback films!

I guess you could call Priscilla Queen of the Desert an outback film, too?

<a thought before I head off to bed> Not remotely an outback film, farmer, but one I think you might like is Look Both Ways. It's a few years old now, so shouldn't be too hard to borrow from your rental place. (I wrote a "review" of it some pages back on this thread, but am too tired to look right now. Tomorrow perhaps, if you're interested.)

Night night.

Indubitably.

There's some other oldies:

We of the Never Never

The Overlanders

Jedda

Ten Canoes, of course....way more recent...did that get mentioned? It's fabulous.

Stone Brothers???

I confess I don't know of the Stone Brothers, margo. Could you tell us a bit about them?

I don't know.

http://www.stonebrosmovie.com.au/

I've not seen the movie, but saw something about it in the paper last week - but can't recall what!

I'm looking forward to it.

If (like me) any of you meant to see Samson & Delilah, but missed it, it'll be shown on Sunday night on the ABC (1) at 8:30.

Here's David & Margaret's review, plus a trailer :

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2542612.htm

I am so staying in that night.


Mind you, I am afraid that it's likely to be a lot like going to work.

Could be!

Good film. Totally convincing. Relentlessly grim, though.
God I feel so depressed!

Yes.


Um.....all the communities I have visited in the APY lands have a lot more going on that that, though!!!

Not saying the spirit isn't real and all.

I mean...that was such a tiny community, it looked like a homeland, not an actual community...but it had a store and clinic, which homelands don't have.

The violence looked bloody real though.

Interesting to have aboriginal people speaking out about that aspect of culture.

Though there was no mention of the men on women and children violence that is endemic! Nor the sexual violence.