Yeah Screen Australia! If you haven’t heard Screen Australia has had a facelift, and change of management. This means they’re changing and they say this, they promise to be starting making films that appeal to the audience. Unfortunately they fucked up
Case in point: Wolf Creek vs. My Year Without Sex. Wolf Creek was made in 2005 under the old funding body, it sold overseas and was one of the most successful Australian films for a long time. Fuck, the sale to the USA alone was $11 million dollars, not to mention the other approximately $16 million the film made from screenings there. Check these little dollar factoids here.
Anyway, why did this film do well? Mass appeal. Everyone likes a horror story, and the fact it was based around true happenings is even cooler. It was very appealing film, to a lot of demographics. And, hey, it’s pretty fucking cool too.
Then My Year Without Sex…here it is. My Year Without Sex is Australian director, Sarah Watt’s second film. It is all about a woman who can’t have sex for a year because of her heart condition. Now that is pretty funny, of course you couldn’t tell by the ad cos the ad doesn’t explain this. But fuck what would I know? I’m only the audience. Now Sarah Watt, if you’re a fan (shit, I know I am!…that was sarcasm), brought you the equally appealing: Look Both Ways (which I don’t mind, but the USA didn’t care for it much). Sarah is not a bad filmaker, she just makes film for a very exclusive audience the 30+ white parents and it’s a problem that her latest film cost us four Wolf Creeks. Check it nyah.
What’s my point? Shit and get off the pot Screen Australia, you’ve done it again and sure there are fuck ups like Rogue or Dying Breed but still doesn’t mean you can’t broaden your mind. I think the main task at hand is breaking the stigma that all Aussie flicks are shit or arthouse/wanky and also getting boot to arse on advertising. People don’t know half this shit is coming out.
Cos, y’know, I’m a tax payer and shit.
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