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Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end.
Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could.
Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”.
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The great Australian actor Bill Hunter has died in a Melbourne hospice, aged 71. Hunter had inoperable cancer. Film studies teacher Richard Smith celebrates his life work and legacy.
A friend and I once had a joke about Bill Hunter: that he was the Gerard Depardieu of Australian Cinema. This meant that he was in everything and that he could do anything.
He did not seem to change much from one appearance to the next, but he seemed to be so naturally right for the roles: Think of the difference between his role in the BHP ads and his role as Bill Heslop in Muriel’s Wedding, one the voice of The Big Australian, the other the patriarch of little Australia.
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kerry hodge says:
I had the opportunity of sitting down with bill out side the sir john hotel in sydney for about 4 months bill looked after after me when my son died he bought me a new guitar and helped me out of a depression bill old mate i loved ya and… Read more »
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As film producers and Screen Australia bureaucrats argue about whether Baz Luhmann’s 3D remake of ‘The Great Gatsby’ is more worthy than other feature films to be financed in part by the Australian taxpayer, some questions are worthy of consideration.
What will Australian taxpayers get for their $40 million contribution to the coffers of Warner Brothers - an American producer of film and television entertainment whose primary market is the United States?
What will NSW taxpayers get for their contribution to Gatsby’s budget – a sum that the Keneally government tells us, with its customary lack of transparency and accountability, must be kept secret?
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Theatre Lover says:
St Michael. I feel you are missing the point completely. As I said Terry S has a balanced view. I am not at all riled up, you are entitled to your view as is everyone else. I read your 3 point plan, and it was very interesting. Read more »
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St. Michael says:
@ Theatre Lover: Perhaps I haven’t grasped the magic of film. On the other hand, I have grasped the magic of: (a) Economics; and (b) Protectionism. Understanding both leads to an understanding of: (c) Why Australian films make no money And (d) Why, as a result of (c), the Australian… Read more »
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