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Does Australia need the Great Gatsby?

05 Mar 05:50am

Filed under: Entertainment, Film, Film Industry, Great Gatsby, Movies, Screen Australia

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.

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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:

12:19pm | 17/03/11

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 »
St. Michael says:

12:54am | 14/03/11

@ 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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