| Title |
27A |
| Released |
1974 |
| Production Year |
1973 |
| Director |
Esben Storm
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| Comments |
Had the capacity of Australian popular cinema to present abrasive social topics in a didactic, yet diverting social form.
It is based on the true story of an alcoholic trapped in a psychiatric ward. |
| Synopsis |
Billy Donald, a middle-aged metho drinker is sentenced to six weekes in prison, after a psychatric examination is is enlisted as criminally insane and is placed in an institution under the Stateâs Mental Health Act 27A which entitles authorities total control of the patients release.
He rebels against the institution and refuses to confront his mental disposition, in doing so he attempts to escape numerous times.
Billy's life is juxtaopsed with Jeffery who is being driven insane by his routiene office job, he too eventually ends up in the mental hospital. |
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| chapter - Australian Cinema: Critical Cinema in review : On the Fringe . 00-00-1985. pp.81-100 |
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Sandra Hall
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| This chapter grups together a number of low budget films made in the 70/80's which present a sie of Australian life which was rarely exposed. The films subj...[full record]
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| journal - Mouth to Mouth Cinema Papers, Variety, Artlook, Filmnews, National Review, Herald, The Age V8. p.18 |
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Jack Clancy,
Mark Harris,
John Hindle
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| newspaper - That's not a film - this is a film. Science and art come to the rescue of Australian cinema classics. The Age. 17-12-2005. p.12 |
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Steven Down
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| The article 'That's not a film - this is a film. Science and art come to the rescue of Australian cinema classics.' provides an insight into the Kodak / Atla...[full record]
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| chapter - The New Australian Cinema : Chapter 2: Social Realism . 00-00-1980. pp.27-45 |
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Keith Connolly
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| Keith Connolly provides a detailed overview of the social realist films of the 1970ââ¬â¢s. A variety of films are used to illustrate the political, social...[full record]
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| chapter - The New Australian Cinema : Chapter 9: Loneliness and Alienation . 00-00-1980. pp.153-166 |
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Rod Bishop,
Fiona Mackie
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| The films discussed expose both individual and groups deal with these issues of loneliness an alienation. Themes emerge from discrimination by sex, class, ge...[full record]
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