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Television - "Talking Heads" |
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Interview with Graeme Blundell |
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Australia |
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This interview on Graeme Blundell by Peter Mitchell on the ABC programme âTalking Headsâ is a superb resource for Blundellâs life and film career. It is quite an insight into his personal life, including his family, and his artistic career in films and television.
The interviewer asks him about his experiences with director Tim Burstall, and the reality of the 1970âs production âAlvin Purpleâ â Blundell gives an insight into how films such as âAlvinâ treated their actors, and little known (at the time) actors at that. He talks about the critics and viewers on âAlvinâ and the sexuality concerned with the film; this portion of the discussion is interesting to understand the way films were made and funded in Australia in the 1970âs.
He discusses his family life, what his family thought of his career and his colleagues. He also discusses how being in a film like âAlvinâ impacted his wife at the time and being Australiaâs âjokeâ sex symbol.
Blundell is also asked about the community of actors, writers and directors that resided in the La Mama theatre in Carlton, owned by Betty and Tim Burstall. He speaks about the censorship that was involved in the plays and films that the community were involved with, and his experiences with a county court in the audience when they had to review a play that was performed at the theatre because Blundell had been prosecuted for obscene language in a public area. |
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An in-depth interview with actor/producer/director/writer Graeme Blundell on the Australian television programme âTalking Heads with Peter Mitchellâ. He is questioned about his life, his past acting career and political troubles in the 1970âs. |
tags: Alvin Purple Betty Burstall Graeme Blundell La Mama Theatre Peter Mitchell Talking Heads Tim Burstall
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