| Reference Type |
The Sydney Morning Herald
newspaper
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| Title |
Home-cooked chaos and chickpeas |
| Author(s) | Christina Ho |
| State |
NSW |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
16-10-1999 |
| Citation Date |
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| Page Number |
43 |
| Comments |
âHome-cooked chaos and chickpeasâ is a short article written during the pre-production phase of âHe died with a felafel in his handâ. Christina Ho portrays Noah Taylor as the prodigal son âresurface[ing] locally as the fragile male lead inâ¦He died with a felafel in his handâ âafter three years in the United States and Europe.â The tone at the beginning of the article is one of dubiousness, stating that âNoah Taylor has come home to have a nervous breakdown.â The tone changes quickly, to one that is much more encouraging as she quotes Taylorâs positivity about the film and lists some of Director Richard Lowensteinâs credentials to demonstrate that validity of the film with its âWoody Allenesqueâ protagonist. Ho gives a short summary of the film in Lowensteinâs words and goes on to discuss financial aspects of the production. Ho compares the budget of âfelafelâ to the budget of the last film Taylor worked on in America to once again give the impression of a star returning home to do work that is beneath him. Ho becomes disdainful when she talks about finance, but in the last three paragraphs the tone is appraising, and perhaps a touch patronising, as Ho quotes Taylorâs praise for Australian scripts. It is difficult at times to tell if Ho is in support of the film as the tone of the piece keeps swinging back and forth. The last few paragraphs in particular seem to condemn the Australian film industry but are encouraging of the films struggling to get made.
-Charlotte Brown |
tags: Almost Famous Felafel He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Noah Taylor Richard Lowenstein
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