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Warwick Thornton |
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Warwick Thornton has been involved in the Australian film industry in a variety of ways over the years, starting out as a cinematographer in 1998 working on a Tv documentary called "Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters" and since then, has been involved in 20 other projects performing that role, as well as 7 films he directed, as well as 4 he was a writer. By far his biggest hit came with the release of his first feature film "Samson and Delilah" in 2009 where he was both writer and director.
When speaking of the journey that the two main characters undertake in the film, Thornton says "If you go down the road with these two kids you really do need hope. Society needs hope. If it was like Romeo and Juliet and they both died, well, there is no step forward for the audience to believe there could be a brighter day."
Thornton married his partner Bec Cole, a relationship on which the film Samson and Delilah as loosely based.
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| journal - A Vital Voice: Indigenous Drama Metro. pp.24-27 |
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Tim Hunter
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| Discusses the selection process for the From Sand To Celluloid collection of short indigenous films and the film bodies which have supported the drama initia...[full record]
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| newspaper - Film Reviews Variety Movie Magazine. p.100 |
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David Rooney
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| Presents the film as "touching on indigenous questions regarding displacement , heritage , land and belonging all without becoming an agenda movie or sacrifi...[full record]
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| journal - From Sand to Celluloid: New Stories From Indigenous Filmmakers 147 |
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| Provides a brief synopsis of individual titles within the From Sand To Celluloid collection of shorts.
Includes comments from Wal Saunders, AFC Indigenous ...[full record]
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| Unknown - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861610/ |
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| newspaper - In need of a hand The Daily Telegraph. p.38 |
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Julietta Jameson,
Stewart Hawkins,
Lucy Clark
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| Discusses the Australian Film Institute's commitment to Indigenous filmmaking.
Includes funding details of From Sand To Celluoid and information concerning ...[full record]
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| newspaper - Indigenous film-makers will show their stuff Koori Mail. 13-03-1996. p.26 |
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Author Unknown
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| Provides a brief synopsis of individual films within the From Sand To Celluloid collection.
Includes a comment upon the diversity of themes addressed by the...[full record]
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| newspaper - Passion, drive and subtle moods The Sydney Morning Herald. 21-03-1996. p.18 |
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Peter Galvin
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Review of the From Sand To Celluloid collection of short Indigenous films in particular Warwick Thorntonâs Pay Back and Darlene Johnsonâs Two Bob Mermai...[full record]
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| newspaper - Radiance Screen International, Screen Director "Newsletter of the Australian Screen Directors Association". p.10 |
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Sandy George,
Jane Mills
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| The review is insightful, it points to sisters and the complexities of female sibling rivalry using comparisons with other Australian films like "The Last Da...[full record]
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| newspaper - Worlds apart: resoundingly black and hopelessly blue Emerald Hill Times. 17-04-1996. p.Unknown |
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Author Unknown
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| A review of the From Sand To Celluloid collection which focuses on No Way To Forget, Two Bob Mermaid and Payback.
Discusses narrative structures, themes, st...[full record]
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