| Reference Type |
Sunday Tasmanian 'Sunday Mag'
newspaper
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| Title |
No regrets |
| Author(s) | Michelle Paine |
| Publication Date |
30-07-2000 |
| Page Number |
3 |
| Comments |
The point raised about Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs seems to imply if a film reaches a larger audience it should be less violent, thus excusing Chopper's violence by stating its not as bad as these movies and its reaching a smaller audience anyway. It is unreasonable to argue the estimated size of an audience can dictate how violent a film is allowed to be.
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| Synopsis |
Interview with Eric Bana, who has been challenged about the morality of representing a famously violent criminal, and believes actors should not judge the character he/she is playing.
Chopper was made for a reported $4.5 million has faced opposition from a police union and Labor MHA Fran Bladel and others who claim making a film about Read is glorification in itself.
However, the film is not nearly as extreme as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs which reach a greater audience.
Bana met with Read during the pre-production stage and thinks he is a continually evolving character, someone affected by the spikes of life he experiences along the way.
The film is not biographical but is based on a combination of Read's books, court reports, police records and news coverage.
The humour lifts Chopper above being a sad story of a violent, paranoid underworld figure.
Producer, Michele Bennett commented that 'From the Inside' was absorbing for all the wrong reasons "I was laughing at something I felt I shouldn't have been laughing at and was fascinated by a person whom I felt I shouldn't have been fascinated by and then I realise that there is another side of life that becomes interesting because you don't understand it and it's an anathema to your way of life - to most people's lives".
Dominik was fascinated by the contradications in Chopper's books and the remorse he displayed for his actions. |
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