National Geographic explores movie business Sep 14, 2009
At the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, National Geographic Entertainment is presenting a period piece set in 1930's China titled "City of Life and Death. " The company also distributes Palestinian American drama "Amreeka" and will produce "The Way Back," a historical drama about Siberian exiles directed by Peter Weir ("Picnic at Hanging Rock," "Witness," "Master and Commander"). Best known for teaming with the now-defunct Warner Independent Pictures on 2006's Oscar-winning documentary... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sex, action and violence Aug 14, 2009
"We embraced our arthouse films ("Picnic at Hanging Rock," "The Getting of Wisdom," etc.) as our commercial films. Why would we want to see an American-style genre film instead of our films?". Instead, thrillers ("Patrick," "Next of Kin"), action flicks ("Mad Max," "The Man from Hong Kong") and R-rated sex romps ("Felicity" and "Alvin Purple" - sort of the Aussie "Alfie") mostly served a youth-oriented counterculture at home and did well in Asian markets such as Japan, although there were... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Tartantino shares stage with favourite Aussie actor Aug 4, 2009
The Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill director has loved Jarratt's work since Picnic at Hanging Rock. "It's a damn shame he's not a huge star," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A G'DAY FOR MOVIES Jul 31, 2009
The production explosion that followed included not only Aussie new wave productions familiar to American art-house audiences -- like "Breaker Morant," "Walkabout" and "Picnic at Hanging Rock" -- but dozens of gonzo exploitation movies. While a few -- including "Mad Max" and "Razorback" -- were hits in the United States, most of the movies chronicled in "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild Untold Story of Ozploitation" never made it farther than US grindhouses and home video, if that far. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
This is my final blog entry (hooray!) Jun 3, 2009
Richard Cranium part 3 wrote on May 29, 2009 10:53 PM:" I watched The Reader and loved it and now I must get Chekhov's book "Lady with the Little Dog". I liked The Maltese Falcon (your a good man sister) but not as much as some of these other ones. I picked up a tape of "Photographing Fairies" that Michael recommended and really liked that too. Another one of those movies I want to watch again. I had wanted to watch Picnic at Hanging rock and on The Waterfront before I posted but haven't had the... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
UK Not Quite Hollywood Mar 14, 2009
So while Hollywood was waxing lyrical about (the admittedly brilliant) Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tinseltown's stars were heading to Oz for the exploitation fare, with Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis starring in Hitchcockian thriller Road Games, and bad boy Dennis Hopper heading over for the brutal period western Mad Dog Morgan. NQH tells the story of each film with clips, behind-the-scenes footage and talking head anecdotes from all involved (plus the ubiquitous Quentin Tarantino), providing a... (IGN FilmForce)
