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book		The avocado plantation : boom and bust in the Australian film industry / David Stratton Chippendale, N.S.W.: Pan Macmillan, 1990. Call No: 71(94) STR Author: Stratton, David Place: Chippendale, N.S.W. Publisher: Pan Macmillan PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: xiii, 465 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; TAXES. AUSTRALIA; MILLER, GEORGE; LAWRENCE, RAY; COX, PAUL; BENNETT, BILL; DOBROWOLSKA, GOSIA; PARKER, DAVID; SALVAT, KEITH; SCHEPISI, FRED; SCHULTZ, CARL; SULLIVAN, ERROL; TASS, NADIA; TURKIEWICZ, SOPHIA; WEIR, PETER; YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982); TIME GUARDIAN, THE (AT, Brian Hannant, 1987); SILVER CITY (AT, Sophia Turkiewicz, 1984); MALCOLM (AT, Nadia Tass, 1986); BURKE AND WILLS (AT, Graeme Clifford, 1985); BLISS (AT, Ray Lawrence, 1985) Summary: "Film? Or avocados? During the heady years of tax incentives and 10BA it didn't much matter to Australian investors where they put their surplus funds. For the Australian film industry, booming after the creative revival of the 1970s, the next decade became one of confusion and controversy. In THE AVOCADO PLANTATION, David Stratton gives us a comprehensive look at the making of 270 film features between 1980 and 1990. He discusses the big name attractions - GALLIPOLI, THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, MAD MAX 2, CROCODILE DUNDEE, MAN OF FLOWERS, SWEETIE - and a host of lesser known films. Adventure films, horror films, love stories, comedies, they're all here: the smash hits, the turkets and the quality movies appreciated by discerning audiences. Stratton tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the films were made - or in some casxes, un-made. He talks with directors such as Peter Weir, George Miller and Paul Cox, as well as producers, writers, actors, and crew members. Their reflections and revelations form a major part of THE AVOCADO PLANTATION." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0732902509 LON: 7520974 Donation: Simon Wincer ID2: 255 More info
Levy Collection book		The avocado plantation : boom and bust in the Australian film industry / David Stratton Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 1990. Author: Stratton, David Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Pan Macmillan PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: xiii, 465 p. : ill. ; 25 cm ISBN: 0732902509 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
newspaper article		Creation myth in The Australian [Review] (09/06/2012) p.17 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; PROMETHEUS (US/UK, Ridley Scott, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: PROMETHEUS (US/UK, Ridley Scott, 2012) Notes: Mixed review. A beautifully shot film with fantastic visual effect work that is let down by a poor screenplay with cliched and unbelievable characters Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Creation myth in The Australian [Review] (09/06/2012) p.17 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; FRIENDS WITH KIDS (US, Jennifer Westfeldt, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: FRIENDS WITH KIDS (US, Jennifer Westfeldt, 2012) Summary: Poor review. The film hits on every romantic comedy cliche possible Rating: 2 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Doing it for the kids in The Australian [Review] (07/07/2012) p.16 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN (AT, Peter Templeman, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN (AT, Peter Templeman, 2012) Summary: Positive review. A home-grown romcom with honest and believable characters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Doing it for the kids in The Australian [Review] (07/07/2012) p.16 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; TED (US, Seth MacFarlane, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: TED (US, Seth MacFarlane, 2012) Summary: Mixed review. An amusing film filled with pop-culture jokes and references that unfortunately relies a little too heavily on adolescent humour Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Fault lines breed fresh tensions in Weekend Australian [Review] (25/08/2018) p.15 Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Summary: The Insult (L'insulte) (M) hhhhj Limited national release from Thursday West of Sunshine (M) hhhjj Limited release Book Club (M) hhkjj National release The simmering tensions creating social, political and religious problems in Lebanon are powerfully dramatised in The Insult, a tense courtroom drama that seems certain to open the eyes of viewers to some of the Middle East's most intractable situations. The film opens with an interesting disclaimer, announcing that it represents the views of the filmmakers, not of the government of Lebanon. More info
newspaper article		Fear and Famine in The Australian [Review] (01/12/2015) p.16 Call No: CLIPPINGS FILE; TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; YI JIU SI ER (FENG XIAOGANG 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: YI JIU SI ER (FENG XIAOGANG 2012) Summary: Review of the film Yi Jiu Si Er, English title, Back to 1942 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Fear and Famine in The Australian [Review] (01/12/2012) p.16 Call No: CLIPPINGS FILE; TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (RZA, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (RZA, 2012) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars More info
book		The last new wave : the Australian film revival / David Stratton London Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1980. Call No: 71(94) STR Author: Stratton, David Place: London Sydney Publisher: Angus & Robertson PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: xix, 337 p., 16 p. of plates ; 22 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA; BURSTALL, TIM; BERESFORD, BRUCE; WEIR, PETER; SCHEPISI, FRED; HANNAM, KEN; JEFFREY, TOM; COX, PAUL; NOYCE, PHIL; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN; CROMBIE, DONALD; SHARMAN, JIM; DUIGAN, JOHN; COWAN, TOM; STORM, ESBEN Notes: Australian cinema films, 1970-1980 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0410292); Cinema industries. Australia, 1970-1980 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0410306) ISBN: 0207141460 : $18.95 Aust LON: anb20714146; 1736112 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:36:42 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
Levy Collection book		The last new wave : the Australian film revival / David Stratton Melbourne: Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1980. Author: Stratton, David Source: AT Place: Sydney; Melbourne Publisher: Angus and Robertson Publishers PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: xix, 337 p., [16] p. of plates : ports. ; 23 cm ISBN: 0207141460 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
newspaper article		Lost without love in Weekend Australian [Review] (21/04/2018) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Summary: David Stratton Loveless (Nelyubov) (tbc) hhhhk Limited national release from Thursday Unsane (tbc) hhhkj National release from Thursday The Song Keepers (G) hhhjj Limited release If you're interested in finding out more about life in Vladimir Putin's Russia - not the political side of life but the ordinary, everyday lives of 'typical' Russians - you need look no further than the films of the masterful director Andrey Zvyagintsev: The Return (2003), The Banishment (2007), Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and now Loveless are not only among the best films made anywhere in the world over the past 15 years but also provide with what appears to be pinpoint accuracy an insight into the state of the Russian nation. More info
newspaper article		Material obsession in The Australian [Review] (05/05/2012) p.17 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; W.E. (UK, Madonna, 2011) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: W.E. (UK, Madonna, 2011) Summary: Mixed review. Fabulous costume, production and set design let down by the marriage of two disparate story arcs Rating: 3 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Material obsession in The Australian [Review] (05/05/2012) p.17 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; ACT OF VALOR (US, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: ACT OF VALOR (US, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, 2012) Summary: Poor review. Unconvincing performances by 'non actors' with sparse dialogue which feels forced and wooden Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Material obsession in The Australian [Review] (05/05/2012) p.17 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; DELICATESSE, LA [DELICACY] (FR/SW, David Foenkinos, Stephane Foenkinos, 2011) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: DELICACY [DELICATESSE, LA] (FR/SW, David Foenkinos & Stephane Foenkinos, 2011) Summary: Positive review. An charming film centred around an unlikely romance with fine performance by Audrey Tautou and Francois Damiens Rating: 3 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Menace in the outback in Weekend Australian [Review] (6/6/2015) p.14 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; STRANGERLAND (AT/IE, Kim Farrant, 2015) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STRANGERLAND (AT/IE, Kim Farrant, 2015) Summary: review Rating: 4 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Menace in the outback in Weekend Australian [Review] (6/6/2015) p.14 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; SLOW WEST (UK/NZ, John Maclean, 2015) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SLOW WEST (UK/NZ, John Maclean, 2015) Summary: Review Rating: 4 out of 5 stars More info
book		I peed on Fellini : recollections of a life in film / David Stratton North Sydney: William Heinemann, 2008. Call No: 81STR STR Author: Stratton, David Source: AT Place: North Sydney Publisher: William Heinemann PubDate: 2008 PhysDes: xii, 356 p., [16] p. of plates. : bill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: FESTIVALS. SYDNEY; FESTIVALS; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; STRATTON, DAVID; AT THE MOVIES [TV] (AT, Stewart Burchmore, 2004); MOVIE SHOW, THE [TV] (AT, Samantha Brampton, 1986 - ) Summary: Autobiographical account of David Stratton's life and his involvement in the film industry. There is a large focus on his time as Sydney Film Festival director and of the many film festivals he attended throughout his lifetime. ISBN: 9781741666199 More info
newspaper article		Ride the wave to Winton classic in Weekend Australian [Review] (28/04/2018) p.15 Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Summary: Breath (M) hhhhj National release from Thursday Last Flag Flying (M) hhhhj National release There's a strikingly beautiful moment in Simon Baker's film of Tim Winton's 2008 book, Breath, in which two boys in their early teens witness the joys of surfing for the first time. As Bruce, voiced as an adult on the soundtrack by Winton himself, describes it: 'Never had I seen something so beautiful.' That revelation changes the life of 13-year-old Bruce (Samson Coulter), whose nickname is Pikelet. More info
newspaper article		The role of a lifetime in The Australian (30/05/2017) p.14 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE (AT, Sally Aitken, 2017) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STRATTON, DAVID; DAVID STRATTON'S STORIES OF AUSTRALIAN CINEMA [DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE ] (AT, Sally Aitken, 2017) Summary: David Stratton comments on the response the documentary about his life received from audiences at the Cannes Film Festival More info
newspaper article		Schlock horror up close in Weekend Australian [Review] (16/09/2017) p.16 Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Summary: David Stratton mother! (MA15+) hhkjj National release Patti Cake$ (M)hhhkj National release Darren Aronofsky's film mother! starts with the image of a woman on fire, so from the word go we know we're in for some nastiness. What follows, though, is an amazingly uneven and increasingly hysterical horror/ melodrama that is so over the top that even the central performance of Jennifer Lawrence can't redeem it. More info
newspaper article		Serve and folly in Weekend Australian [Review] (30/09/2017) p.14 Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Summary: David Stratton Battle of the Sexes (PG) hhhhj National release Final Portrait (M) hhhkj National release from Thursday There's a scene in the hugely enter taining new film Battle of the Sexes in which Jack Kramer (Bill Pullman), a celebrated star of American tennis and a force behind the International Tennis Federation and the Association of Tennis Professionals, issues a press release proclaiming 'men are simply more exciting to watch (play tennis) than women'. The year is 1972 and that smug assertion is about to undergo a major rethink. More info
newspaper article		Untroubled by tradition in The Australian [Review] (8/12/2012) p.14 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (US, Robert Lorenz, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (US, Robert Lorenz, 2012); EASTWOOD, CLINT Summary: Ambivalent review focussing on Eastwood's role. Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Untroubled by tradition in The Australian [Review] (8/12/2012) p.14 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; LIBERAL ARTS (US, Josh Radnor, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: LIBERAL ARTS (US, Josh Radnor, 2012) Summary: Review Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars More info
newspaper article		Untroubled by tradition in Sunday Herald Sun [Review] (8/12/2012) p.14 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; RED DAWN (US, Dan Bradley, 2012) Author: David Stratton PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: RED DAWN (US, Dan Bradley, 2012) Summary: Review Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars More info

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