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EDITOR MICHAELA BOLAND
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general jolliness surrounding the arrival of both the winter
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blockbusters and arthouse film festival season. Point being: get
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Nobody requires guidance through the blockbusters. From the
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box office bonanza that was Gladiator, to John Woo’s take on
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the Mission Impossible franchise, we now await the release of The Patriot and The Perfect Storm, among others. As the exhibition sector switches into high gear it’s worth noting these titles have more in common than almighty box office clout. They all have close links with the Australian production industry.
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An industry sufficiently robust to nurture the on-screen talents of Russell Crowe [Gladiatori, and Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger (who portray father and son in The Patriot) before their transition to Hollywood. An industry sufficiently sophisticated to produce the immensely talented cinematographer John Seale (Oscar winner for The English Patient) and editor Richard Francis-Bruce (three-time Oscar nominee for The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en and A ir Force One). Seale and Francis-Bruce worked under director Wolfgang Petersen on The Perfect Storm. Due for release in July, The Perfect Storm, about a boat in a big storm, stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. Then there’s M:l-2 which was shot in and around Sydney during 1999. M:l-2 was action director John Woo’s first experience of working in Australia and it was a troubled shoot. Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, was eventually replaced by American Jeffrey Kimball after his expertise was found to be ‘with a different film technology than the one Woo was using on M:l-Z: that’s according to a Fairfax newspaper report, in which the normally very gracious director was critical of the work ethic and expertise of Australian crews. Woo told journalist Phillip McCarthy that Australia had great potential to become a second Hollywood, but essentially we had a long way to go. By virtue of using the Fox Studios, M:l-2 was eligible for the payroll tax rebates which formed part of the original deal signed by the New South Wales Government when the studios were first proposed. A handy advantage, especially when domestic production does not appear to be enjoying the spoils which are supposed to flow from increased international production.
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Director Stephan Elliot said as much during an interview for this issue of Cinema Papers. And with persistently soft international sales and local box office languishing under 5 percent, we’ve got a long way to go, baby. Michaela Boland
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