| Title |
Love and Other Catastrophes |
| Copyright Title |
Love and Other Catastrophes |
| Released |
1996 |
| Director |
Emma-Kate Croghan
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| Synopsis |
With a sharp wit and fresh intelligence, first-time feature director Emma Kate Croghan carves a joyous tale of love and the pursuit of happiness for her cast of five Australian collegiates. Over the course of one riotous day, the lives of the alternatively lovesick, love-fearing, love-obsessed, and love-naive characters collide as they tackle seemingly life-shattering predicaments: roommate, wardrobe, relationship, and degree-seeking crises.
Mia, a cold, but charismatic, film student is in the midst of scouting a third roommate, switching majors, and feigning disinterest toward her doting girlfriend Danni. Mia's roommate Alice, a dizzy intellectual four years late in delivering her dissertation, "Doris Day as Feminist Warrior," is looking for love in all the wrong places -- namely in Ari, a leather-clad, existentialist gigolo. Michael, a decidedly unhip med student, is hot in pursuit of new lodging, love, and, by necessity, a new look. Gradually the needs and desires
of these fabulous five unravel with deliriously funny and endearingly romantic repercussions.
Hearkening back to the screwball comedies of the forties, Love and Other Catastrophes is blessed with spirited performances by its infectious cast and incisive, invigorating dialogue.
(This synopsis taken from Goanna Films, URL: http://www.downunderontop.com/australianfilm/films/lovecatastrophes.htm) |
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| newspaper - A curtain-raiser unlikely to be forgotten The Australian. 17-05-1996. p.11 |
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Evan Williams
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| Review of the 1996 Cannes film festival.
Discusses the wide reception of No Way To Forget by both national and international audiences.
Provides a pers...[full record]
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| web - AFI : The St Kilda Film Festival 2009: 26-31 May . 00-00-2009 |
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| newspaper - Class Act - Exploring the screwball in student life New York Village Voice. 01-04-1997 |
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Howard Feinstein
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| An interview with Emma-Kate Croghan, about her film Love and Other Catastrophes. [full record]
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| journal - Everyone Together Now... Low-Budget Filmmaking in Australia Cinema Papers. pp.18 - 21 |
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Annemarie Lopez
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| newspaper - Filmmakers cheap shots Sun Herald. 15-06-1997. p.31 |
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Sue Williams
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| Article looks at low-budget film funding
the pros and the cons of not relying totally on government funding. The success of Australian films in this low-bud...[full record]
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| web - Lesbian Flicks : Love and Other Catastrophes - Lesbian Flicks |
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Author Unknown
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| Includes reviews / synynopsis of Australian film 'Love and Other Catastrophes' and refers 'This Marching Girl Thing' as 'plenty romantic'[full record]
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| newspaper - Our movies take off in US Courier-Mail. p.22 |
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Des Partridge
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| Article talks about how Fox Searchlight studios a relatively new agency set up in Australia to fin specialist films for the arts niche market in the U.S.
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| newspaper - Reel Women The Weekend Australian. 25-04-1998. pp.1-7 |
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Lynden Barber
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| Ana Kokkinos is the latest in an impressive line of Australian female directors given entree to the worlds most sought-after film forum. Why do we produce so...[full record]
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