NFSA Lending Collection

Borrower Bulletin August 2013

Red Dog Mad Max 2 amp 3

Babe amp Babe 2

Newsfront

Burning Man Walkabout

Mental Crackerjack The Square

Welcome to the NFSA Lending Collection bulletin Greetings from the NFSA Screening Loans team to all borrowers of films from the

NFSA In this bulletin we have information and updates about the Non-Theatrical

Lending Collection ndash NTLC ndash an international collection of quality titles that are

already licensed for non-commercial screenings by organisations Here is the latest

news from the NFSA more about accessing our collections recent acquisitions and

improvements to the service including

Our Australian focus for growing the lending collection

Share your experiences with us

All the Australian feature film DVD acquisitions so far this year ndash over 90 titles

More Australian films due to be added through this year

The start of our modest Blu-Ray collection

Tips for borrowers searching and using the collection

Highlights of new titles from key German directors

Remembering 1994 ndash Australian favourites approaching a 20 year anniversary

More films from David and Margaretrsquos At the Movies Classics selection

Newest NFSA exclusive DVD titles

Screening Loans staff select four favourite films for your consideration

Screening Loans Contact Info

Links to more information

Throughout this bulletin are embedded hyperlinks to NFSA web pages that will give

you more information about certain films or go directly to a specific NTLC catalogue

search Simply click on the blue hypertext while reading this document on a

computer Also clips from many of the Australian films can be viewed on NFSArsquos

Australian Screen website resource

Australian Focus ndash a century of national cinema

Over 100 new Australian titles acquired this year span the century from 1913 to 2013

With our recent acquisitions this year we have focussed on building the Australian

film collection More than a hundred new Australian films have been licenced for

loan and screening with most of these now available for booking Over twenty of

these films are either no longer available to buy or were never released on DVD

before and so have been created on DVD from NFSA archival master material

These are exclusive to the NFSA Lending Collection - you canrsquot loan or buy these

films on DVD anywhere else ndash see film details later in the bulletin

Share your experience If your group has run a special event or successful screening with a difference using

films from NFSA Lending Collection please let us know about it Perhaps you showed

a silent film accompanied by local musicians run a kidsrsquo holiday programme or

screened a selection of shorts within a theme Or you have simply just discovered a

great film that you want to tell others about We would love to share your news

experiences and photos with other borrowers in future bulletins

Welcome to the NFSA Lending Collection bulletin Greetings from the NFSA Screening Loans team to all borrowers of films from the

NFSA In this bulletin we have information and updates about the Non-Theatrical

Lending Collection ndash NTLC ndash an international collection of quality titles that are

already licensed for non-commercial screenings by organisations Here is the latest

news from the NFSA more about accessing our collections recent acquisitions and

improvements to the service including

Our Australian focus for growing the lending collection

Share your experiences with us

All the Australian feature film DVD acquisitions so far this year ndash over 90 titles

More Australian films due to be added through this year

The start of our modest Blu-Ray collection

Tips for borrowers searching and using the collection

Highlights of new titles from key German directors

Remembering 1994 ndash Australian favourites approaching a 20 year anniversary

More films from David and Margaretrsquos At the Movies Classics selection

Newest NFSA exclusive DVD titles

Screening Loans staff select four favourite films for your consideration

Screening Loans Contact Info

Links to more information

Throughout this bulletin are embedded hyperlinks to NFSA web pages that will give

you more information about certain films or go directly to a specific NTLC catalogue

search Simply click on the blue hypertext while reading this document on a

computer Also clips from many of the Australian films can be viewed on NFSArsquos

Australian Screen website resource

Australian Focus ndash a century of national cinema

Over 100 new Australian titles acquired this year span the century from 1913 to 2013

With our recent acquisitions this year we have focussed on building the Australian

film collection More than a hundred new Australian films have been licenced for

loan and screening with most of these now available for booking Over twenty of

these films are either no longer available to buy or were never released on DVD

before and so have been created on DVD from NFSA archival master material

These are exclusive to the NFSA Lending Collection - you canrsquot loan or buy these

films on DVD anywhere else ndash see film details later in the bulletin

Share your experience If your group has run a special event or successful screening with a difference using

films from NFSA Lending Collection please let us know about it Perhaps you showed

a silent film accompanied by local musicians run a kidsrsquo holiday programme or

screened a selection of shorts within a theme Or you have simply just discovered a

great film that you want to tell others about We would love to share your news

experiences and photos with other borrowers in future bulletins

New licensed Australian feature films on DVD The latest new acquisitions ndash available for booking and screening now

2010 - 2013

Goddess 2013

Bait 2012

Kath and Kimderella 2012

Mental 2012

Any Questions For Ben 2011

Burning Man 2011

Happy Feet 2 2011

Red Dog 2011

Sanctum 2011

The Cup 2011

The Way Back 2011

Wasted on the Young 2011

Beneath Hill 60 2010

I Love You Too 2010

Legend of the Guardians The Owls

of GaHoole 2010

Matching Jack 2010

Tomorrow When the War Began 2010

2000 - 2009

Beautiful Kate 2009

Bran Nue Dae 2009

Charlie and Boots 2009

Maos Last Dancer 2009

Two Fists One Heart 2009

The Square 2008

December Boys 2007

Rogue 2007

The Jammed 2007

Boy Town 2006

Happy Feet 2006

Wolf Creek 2005

Bad Eggs 2003

Danny Deckchair 2003

Master and Commander 2003

Ned Kelly 2003

Charlotte Gray 2002

Crackerjack 2002

Garage Days 2002

The Crocodile Hunter Collision

Course 2002

The Hard Word 2002

The Nugget 2002

Mr Accident 2000

Looking for Alibrandi 2000

Me Myself I 2000

1990 - 1999

The Craic 1999

Babe 2 Pig in the City 1998

Dark City 1998

Dead Letter Office 1998

Hotel de Love 1996

Babe 1995

Metal Skin 1995

Bad Boy Bubby 1994

The Heartbreak Kid 1993

FernGully The Last Rainforest 1992

Blood Oath 1990

1980 - 1989 Dead Calm 1989

The Delinquents 1989

Crocodile Dundee 1986

Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome 1985

Witness 1985

The Wild Duck 1984

Phar Lap 1983

Mad Max 2 1981

Chain Reaction 1980

1970 - 1979 The Last of the Knucklemen 1979

Newsfront 1978

The Last Wave 1977

High Rolling 1977

Eliza Fraser 1976

End Play 1975

Alvin Rides Again 1974

Stork 1971

Walkabout 1971

1950 - 1959 Summer of the 17th Doll 1959

On the Beach 1959

Kangaroo 1952

1930 - 1939 Seven Little Australians 1939

Diggers in Blighty 1933

Harmony Row 1933

A Ticket in Tatts 1932

The Sentimental Bloke 1932

Diggers 1931

1920 - 1929

The Cheaters 1929

Around the Boree Log 1925

A Girl of the Bush 1921

Silks and Saddles 1921

On Our Selection 1920

The Breaking of the Drought 1920

The Man from Kangaroo 1920

1910 - 1919

The Woman Suffers 1918

The Sick Stockrider (short) 1913

The Romantic Story of Margaret

Catchpole 1911

These titles available exclusively on DVD from NFSA See below for film descriptions

More Australian films coming soon on DVD

237 2006

Adams Woman 1970

Around the World in 80 Days 1988

Blackrock 1997

Children of the Silk Road 2008

Crocodile Dundee 2 1988

Dead Heart 1996

Diana and Me 1997

Emoh Ruo 1985

Harbour Beat 1990

Hey Hey itrsquos Esther Blueburger 2008

Horseplay 2003

Hostage The Christine Maresch

Story 1983

In a Savage Land 1999

No Worries 1994

Paperback Hero 1999

Paws 1997

Rebel 1985

Reckless Kelly 1993

Ride a Wild Pony 1976

Risk 2001

Shadows of a Peacock 1989

The Shiralee 1957

Starstruck 1982

Walk the Talk 2001

Year of Living Dangerously 1982

Young Einstein 1988

These films will be added to the Lending Collection progressively throughout the

year If you are interested in booking them for upcoming programs please contact

the Screening Loans team to confirm availability and timing

Blu-Ray collection We have started adding Blu-Ray discs to the Lending Collection We hope to grow this part

of our collection as more of the licensed films become available See our full list of licensed

Blu-Rays so far on the catalogue

Maorsquos Last Dancer

(2009)

Me Myself I (1999)

Witness (1985) Summer of the

Seventeenth Doll (1960)

1920 - 1929

The Cheaters 1929

Around the Boree Log 1925

A Girl of the Bush 1921

Silks and Saddles 1921

On Our Selection 1920

The Breaking of the Drought 1920

The Man from Kangaroo 1920

1910 - 1919

The Woman Suffers 1918

The Sick Stockrider (short) 1913

The Romantic Story of Margaret

Catchpole 1911

These titles available exclusively on DVD from NFSA See below for film descriptions

More Australian films coming soon on DVD

237 2006

Adams Woman 1970

Around the World in 80 Days 1988

Blackrock 1997

Children of the Silk Road 2008

Crocodile Dundee 2 1988

Dead Heart 1996

Diana and Me 1997

Emoh Ruo 1985

Harbour Beat 1990

Hey Hey itrsquos Esther Blueburger 2008

Horseplay 2003

Hostage The Christine Maresch

Story 1983

In a Savage Land 1999

No Worries 1994

Paperback Hero 1999

Paws 1997

Rebel 1985

Reckless Kelly 1993

Ride a Wild Pony 1976

Risk 2001

Shadows of a Peacock 1989

The Shiralee 1957

Starstruck 1982

Walk the Talk 2001

Year of Living Dangerously 1982

Young Einstein 1988

These films will be added to the Lending Collection progressively throughout the

year If you are interested in booking them for upcoming programs please contact

the Screening Loans team to confirm availability and timing

Blu-Ray collection We have started adding Blu-Ray discs to the Lending Collection We hope to grow this part

of our collection as more of the licensed films become available See our full list of licensed

Blu-Rays so far on the catalogue

Maorsquos Last Dancer

(2009)

Me Myself I (1999)

Witness (1985) Summer of the

Seventeenth Doll (1960)

Tips for borrowers

Find the Lending Collection easierhellip

Getting to the Lending Collection search page is now easier From the NFSA

website home page using the Search the collection link now gives you the

option of selecting from all the NFSA catalogues including the National

Collection the Film Australia collection Australian Screen Online and the

NFSA Shop as well as the Lending Collection

Searching the cataloguehellip

Use these Quick Search boxes on the NTLC catalogue search page to ensue

you only see film titles that are licensed for screening

16mm film borrowershellip

Donrsquot forget to tape down the end of your film so it doesnrsquot loosen during

transit Use the same packaging materials received with the film

Tell us your numbershellip

Please remember to fill in your Screening Reports and let us know how many

people attended your film screening We use these figures collectively to

show how popular our service is when reporting on NFSA programs to

government This all helps us to demonstrate the need for the Lending

Collection to continue into the future

Courtesy of NFSAhellip

Acknowledging NFSA in your programme and website as the source of the

films you screen is not only a great thing to do (as well as being a condition of

loan) it also links your organisation to the wonderful work of the NFSA in

archiving films and sharing them with the world Please make sure you are

using our current two-part logo which now includes the yellow circle

Circulate

This Bulletin is only sent to one contact person in each organisation Please

share it with film society committee members teachers lecturers or

programmers who regularly book and use the films That way all borrowers are

up to date with news and information on recent acquisitions

Goethe Institut ndash some new German titles Over 60 DVD titles have been added to the Lending Collection courtesy of the

Goethe Institut so far this year with dozens more just received Goethe Institut

provide NFSA with newly produced DVDs of films from recent releases back to early

silent German cinema Here are just some highlights

As part of a current Goethe re-issue

of many of the films by Wim Wenders

we have received the first two titles

on DVD The Scarlet Letter (1972) a

period drama set in puritan Salem

and Alice in the Cities (1974) (See

the review for Alice below)

Two more feature films by director

Tom Tykwer to add to Run Lola Run

(1999) the snowy Wintersleepers

(1997) a voyeuristic and enigmatic

study of human nature sometimes

erotic sometimes confronting

exploring the theme of chance and

coincidence and Three (2010) the

intertwining of three people in three

relationships also voyeuristic and

enigmatic As a producer Tom has

made a couple of other films in the

Lending Collection Soul Boy (2010)

a teen story filmed in the townships

of Kenya and the events of one hot

summer night in Gigantic (1999)

Tom has also directed an amusing

short story on the monotony of

business travel as part of the

uniformly excellent compilation

Deutschland 09 13 Short Films about

the State of the Nation

FW Murnau produced his vampire

film Nosferatu in 1922 featuring the

amazing Max Schreck This

restoration on DVD is remarkably

clear with new English intertitles

Then consider other Vampire films in

the Lending Collection such as

Werner Herzogrsquos Nosferatu

Phantom of the Night (1978) and the

Australian take on modern

vampires Thirst (1978)

Erich von Stroheim became known

as a director of excess making

overly-long (4-6 hour) productions

that ultimately were chopped

down for release His first film as

director Blind Husbands (1919)

shows none of this in fact his

restraint extended to a visual

subtlety different to the overacted

style of films from that era Here he

also performs as an imposing

Austrian officer who sets out to

seduce the bored wife of an

American doctor holidaying in the

Alps Merry Widow (1925) is also

available on DVD as are other von

Stroheim films on 16mm

See all the German feature film titles available from the Goethe Institut in the

Lending Collection catalogue

Remembering Australia in 1994 Itrsquos been nearly 20 years since we first met Muriel Heslophellip Isnrsquot it time for a

retrospective 1994 was a watershed year for Australian cinema and a great variety

of films were released While a few become national favourites there were also

some very good films that maybe got lost in the wave of high profile releases

Consider selecting some of these films from NTLC for next yearrsquos program

Murielrsquos Wedding (16mm amp DVD)

Director P J Hogan

Cast Toni Collette

Rachel Griffiths

Abba-loving Muriel Heslop dreams of

escaping her small-town life and becoming

a bride Now for a husbandhellip

Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the

Desert (16mm DVD BR)

Director Stephen Elliott

Cast Terence Stamp

Hugo Weaving Guy

Pearce

Three drag queens adopt a bus and go on an

all-singing all-dancing outback odyssey Sydney

to Darwin with soul

Sirens (DVD)

Director John Duigan

Cast Sam Neill Hugh

Grant Elle

Macpherson Portia

de Rossi Kate Fischer

Artist Norman Lindsay is visited at his country

home by an English vicar and his wife who

are lured by the siren call of the bohemian

lifestylehellip and his three nude models

The Sum of Us (DVD)

Director G Burton amp K

Dowling

Cast Jack Thompson

Russell Crowe Jon Polson

Deborah Kennedy

Rugby-playing plumber Jeff and his best mate

widower ferry-captain father Harry are both

looking for love Harry meets Joyce and Jeff is

falling for Greg Family fun and romance ensue

Bad Boy Bubby (DVD amp Blu-ray)

Director Rolf de Heer

Cast Nicholas Hope

Bubby emerges from a life spent in a single

room to discover his place in the world A

(dark) comedy

Lucky Break (DVD)

Director Ben Lewin Cast Gia Carides Anthony

LaPaglia Rebecca Gibney

Crippled Gia Carides gets a lucky chance to

meet suave Anthony LaPaglia and be treated

like a normal person after she breaks her leg

Police Rescue ndash The Movie (DVD) Director Mick Carson

Cast Gary Sweet

Sonia Todd Steve

Bastoni Cate

Blanchett

Mickeyrsquos tightly drilled TV-series police

rescue team is thrown into movie-length

chaos when a tarnished new recruit arrives

And people still need rescuing

Exile (DVD)

Director Paul Cox

Cast Aden Young Beth

Champion Claudia

Karvan Norman Kaye

In a small settlement community Peter is exiled

to a small island for sheep stealing Without his

understanding why Mary voluntarily decides to

join him there

lsquoAt the Moviesrsquo Classic Catch-up

This year Margaret and David at the Movies have reviewed a classic film every week

as part of their movie review programme We have seven of these titles available for

loan See the full list of over fifty of Margaret and Davidrsquos classic picks over the last

couple of years that are available from the NTLC on the catalogue

Annie Hall 16mm Director Woody Allen USA 1977

Cast Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Paul Simon Shelley Duvall

Alvy Singer a successful New York Jewish comedian and all-in masochist 16 years in psychoanalysis meets Annie a mixed-up Midwestern WASP and tries Pygmalion-like to

reshape her

LrsquoAvventura VHS amp 16mm Director Michelangelo Antonioni Italy 1959

Cast Gabriele Ferzetti Monica Vitti Lea Massar

A young woman Anna mysteriously disappears on an almost deserted volcanic island After

setting out to find her her lover and her friend Claudia form a tenuous relationship Anna is

seemingly forgotten

Make Way for Tomorrow 16mm Director Leo McCarey USA 1937

Cast Victor Moore Beulah Bondi Fay Bainter Thomas Mitchell

An affecting yet uncompromising look at the problem of what to do with ageing parents

who can no longer support themselves

Platoon DVD Director Oliver Stone USA 1986

Cast Charlie Sheen Willem Dafoe Tom Berenger Forest Whitaker John McGinley Johnny Depp

A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol fight

and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit

Raging Bull DVD amp 16mm Director Martin Scorsese USA 1980

Cast Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent

Traces the life of Jake La Motta through his years of success as a boxer in the forties to

humiliation in the fifties and ending with La Motta as a nightclub entertainer in 1964

The Right Stuff 16mm Director Philip Kaufman USA 1983

Cast Scott Glenn Ed Harris Barbara Hershey Dennis Quaid Pamela Reed Sam Shepard Kim Stanley Fred Ward

Covers the Mercury astronauts the first Americans in space and the unsung test pilots who

preceded them

Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) DVD amp 16mm Director Jean Renoir France 1939

Cast Marcel Dalio Roland Toutain Nora Gregor Jean Renoir

Renoirs portrayal of a weekend house party in the country is in effect the portrayal of a

society in crisis a social world in which there are rules but no values

lsquoAt the Moviesrsquo Classic Catch-up

This year Margaret and David at the Movies have reviewed a classic film every week

as part of their movie review programme We have seven of these titles available for

loan See the full list of over fifty of Margaret and Davidrsquos classic picks over the last

couple of years that are available from the NTLC on the catalogue

Annie Hall 16mm Director Woody Allen USA 1977

Cast Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Paul Simon Shelley Duvall

Alvy Singer a successful New York Jewish comedian and all-in masochist 16 years in psychoanalysis meets Annie a mixed-up Midwestern WASP and tries Pygmalion-like to

reshape her

LrsquoAvventura VHS amp 16mm Director Michelangelo Antonioni Italy 1959

Cast Gabriele Ferzetti Monica Vitti Lea Massar

A young woman Anna mysteriously disappears on an almost deserted volcanic island After

setting out to find her her lover and her friend Claudia form a tenuous relationship Anna is

seemingly forgotten

Make Way for Tomorrow 16mm Director Leo McCarey USA 1937

Cast Victor Moore Beulah Bondi Fay Bainter Thomas Mitchell

An affecting yet uncompromising look at the problem of what to do with ageing parents

who can no longer support themselves

Platoon DVD Director Oliver Stone USA 1986

Cast Charlie Sheen Willem Dafoe Tom Berenger Forest Whitaker John McGinley Johnny Depp

A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol fight

and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit

Raging Bull DVD amp 16mm Director Martin Scorsese USA 1980

Cast Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent

Traces the life of Jake La Motta through his years of success as a boxer in the forties to

humiliation in the fifties and ending with La Motta as a nightclub entertainer in 1964

The Right Stuff 16mm Director Philip Kaufman USA 1983

Cast Scott Glenn Ed Harris Barbara Hershey Dennis Quaid Pamela Reed Sam Shepard Kim Stanley Fred Ward

Covers the Mercury astronauts the first Americans in space and the unsung test pilots who

preceded them

Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) DVD amp 16mm Director Jean Renoir France 1939

Cast Marcel Dalio Roland Toutain Nora Gregor Jean Renoir

Renoirs portrayal of a weekend house party in the country is in effect the portrayal of a

society in crisis a social world in which there are rules but no values

New NFSA-exclusive Australian feature films Twenty of the films added to the Lending Collection in the last 6 months are either

no longer available to buy or were never released on DVD before To make them

available to our borrowers NFSA have created screening DVDs from our archival

master material These are exclusive to the NFSA Lending Collection - you canrsquot loan

or buy these films on DVD anywhere else

Here are the films added in the last 6 months See a full list of all NFSA exclusive titles

Mr Accident Director Screenplay Yahoo Serious Australia 2000

A fun Yahoo Serious comedy involving a

clumsy man in an egg factory and his

UFO-obsessed girlfriend who stumble

upon a plan by his boss to market eggs

laced with nicotine Kids will love the

innocent humour

The Wild Duck Director Henri Safran Australia 1984 Based on the

play Villanden by Henrik Ibsen

Gregory returns home after 16 years away

He stays with old school friend Harold his

wife daughter and father Gregory

witnesses the unhappiness deceit and

secrets that exist in the family home and

decides its up to him to set things right

The Last Wave Director Peter Weir Australia 1977

In this atmospheric mystery thriller a young

Sydney lawyer while defending Aborigines

against a murder charge is troubled by

dreams and drawn into the underground

world of an ancient civilisation Step by

step a series of apparently random

occurrences assume a disturbing pattern

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Director Leslie Norman Australia 1959 BampW

Queensland canecutters Roo and Barney

have for sixteen years spent the off-

season in Sydney with their girlfriends Each

summer Barney ritualistically presents his

girl Olive a barmaid with a kewpie doll

But the seventeenth summer is different

time has begun to take its toll

Kangaroo Director Lewis Milestone Australia 1952 BampW

An English adventurer Richard Connor

poses as the long lost son of an old

cattleman Maguire Connors ruthless

companion plans to murder the old man

so that Connor will inherit but the plan is

complicated by Connors attraction to

Maguires daughter Dell

Seven Little Australians Director Arthur G Collins Australia 1939 BampW

Follow the delightful escapades of the

Woolcot children as they struggle to win

the affections of their strict father This 1939

cinematic version of Ethel Turners novel

and the spirited young cast bring to life

some of Australias classic characters

Harmony Row Director Frank Thring Australia 1933 BampW

Slapstick comedian George Wallace joins

the police force and is assigned to the

notorious Harmony Row a haunt of thugs

and criminals

Diggers in Blighty Director Pat Hanna Australia 1933 BampW

Three diggers serving in France in 1918 are

rewarded with leave in England when

they unwittingly assist British intelligence in

passing false battle plans to the Germans

An early lsquotalkiersquo

The Sentimental Bloke Director Frank Thring Australia 1932 BampW

Based on the poem about Bill and

Doreens courtship this lsquotalkiesrsquo version of

CJ Dennis verse narrative adds a subplot

in which Bill saves Doreens Uncle Jim from

an attempted swindle

Diggers Director Frank Thring Australia 1931 BampW

Comedy with two Australian `cobbers

who served together in France during

WW1 Attending a reunion they tell tales

of their exploits One of the first Australian

lsquotalkiesrsquo

The Cheaters Directorwriter Paulette McDonagh Australia 1929

BampW

(Silent - Musical Soundtrack)

A society melodrama with an embezzler

released from jail after 20 years who uses

his daughter as bait in revenge But the

next generation has a mind of its own

Also available on 16mm film

Around the Boree Log Producerdirectorwriter Phil K Walsh Australia 1925

BampW

(Silent - Musical Soundtrack)

A sentimental journey through bush society

in the 1870s with a Catholic priest

recollecting his past life in the country The

film ends with scenes of the priests life in

the modern world of 1925 Shot entirely on

location near Goulburn using local people

in the cast Also available on 16mm film

Silks and Saddles Producerdirector John K Wells Australia 1921 BampW

(Silent - Musical Soundtrack)

A racecourse melodrama with a strong

willed heroine Bobbie Morton who in the

tradition of The Girl of the Bush and The

Squatters Daughter is horsewoman

larrikin and dainty romantic interest With a

plot of race-rigging at its centre the film

introduced some delightful moments with

a portly besotted squatter who vies for

Bobbies hand

Also available on 16mm film

A Girl of the Bush Producer director writer photography Franklyn

Barrett Australia 1921 BampW (Silent - Musical

Soundtrack)

Lorna (the girl of the bush) manages then

inherits the property of her stepfather Jim

Keane The drama oscillates between the

romance of the settlement on the edge of

the wilderness celebrated in quasi-

documentary scenes of rural life and the

melodrama based on opposing notions of

civilisation Crisis and resolution centres on

the figure of the hero and a murder trial

Also available on 16mm film

The Breaking of the Drought Producer director photography Franklyn Barrett

Australia 1920 BampW (Silent - Musical Soundtrack)

A veteran farmers livelihood is threatened

by drought but the city constitutes at

least an equal threat The son studying in

the city is corrupted affecting his family

further The independent bush woman

Molly represents the right balance

between nature and culture

Also available on 16mm film

The Man from Kangaroo Director Wilfred Lucas Australia 1920 BampW

(Silent ndash Mute no music)

John Harland (played by Reg Snowy

Baker Australias 1908 Olympic all-rounder)

is a former boxer turned Reverend in the

town of Kangaroo His affections for a

local heiress and his unconventional

methods cause disapproval amongst the

locals Feeling unwelcome he takes a

posting to the neighbouring town of

Kalmaroo where a criminal gang has

driven the church out of the area

Also available on 16mm film

On Our Selection Director Raymond Longford Australia 1920 BampW

(Silent - Musical Soundtrack)

In reflecting the melodrama and broad

caricature of Steele Rudds stories

Longford retained the humour and

episode structure while bringing naturalism

and authenticity to this affectionate

portrait of life on the selection the

clearing of the land the first crop drought

and bushfire Also available on 16mm film

The Woman Suffers Director Raymond Longford Australia 1918 BampW

(Silent - Musical Soundtrack)

One of the surviving treasures of Australiarsquos

silent film heritage the story takes the

concept of ldquoan eye for an eyerdquo and

extends it to ldquoa sister for a sisterrdquo Ralph

Manton discovers that his sister Marjory has

been seduced Ralph discovers his identity

and confronts him ndash using the manrsquos sister

to extract revenge The tables are turned

The Sick Stockrider Director WJ Lincoln Australia 1913 BampW

(Silent ndash Mute no music) Short film

This short film of Adam Lindsay Gordons

poem comprises a series of stagey

tableaux between inter-titles of the poems

verses The recurring image is that of the

dying stockman interspersed with images

of grim memories of his mates and their

deaths Also available on 16mm film

The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole Director Raymond Longford Australia 1911 BampW

(Silent ndash Mute no music)

Only the first half of this film survives with

the English setting of Margaret Catchpole

a Suffolk lass courted by two rivals one a

smuggler the other a guard The missing

second half of the film deals with

Margarets transportation to New South

Wales for horse stealing and her

subsequent good works in Australia (told

through intertitles) The earliest surviving

feature footage of pioneering filmmakers

Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell

Also available on 16mm film

Staff Selections The Screening Loans staff canrsquot stop themselves watching the wonderful variety of

new films as they come into the collection - all to assist with your programming

Here are four of the best

Stephrsquos Picks

Careless Love Director John Duigan Australia 2012

Cast Nammi Le Peter OBrien Andrew Hazzard David Field

Available on DVD

If you missed this film at the cinema last year I strongly suggest you give it a go at your film

society We follow Linh a confident well-adjusted Vietnamese-Australian studying at

Sydney University During the day she is a happy energetic student At night she works as an

escort visiting her clients at their homes Her clients are varied and have different needs and

expectations Things get complicated when she starts dating a fellow student and bit by bit

her world crumbles as her double life is exposed

The Endless Night Director Will Tremper West Germany 1963

Cast Hannelore Elsner Karin Huumlbner Louise

Martini Harald Leipnitz

DVD courtesy of the Goethe Institute

The Tempelhof Airport in Berlin is

experiencing a spell of fog The planes

are grounded and the passengers are

fraught all they can do is wait for the fog

to clear but overnight their lives are

thrown off course

The film follows a number of people as they deal with the fallout from the fog Some

characters see opportunity others see their lives or careers fall apart In one story a man

lends his wifersquos fur coat to his mistress and asks her to cosy-up to a potential business partner

who is expected to arrive at the airport that evening In another story a woman desperate

to run away from her husband waits in fear that he will come looking for her

This is a very stylishly made film - the cinemascope ratio matches beautifully with the

enormous interior of the Tempelhof airport The DVD is sharp coming from an excellent print

Johnrsquos Picks

Crackerjack Director Paul Moloney Australia 2002

Cast Mick Molloy Bill Hunter Frank Wilson Monica Maughan Judith Lucy John Clarke

Available on DVD

Cuddly likeable slob Jack (radio and D-Generation comic Mick Molloy) who has joined the

Cityside Lawn Bowling club just to use the Members car park finds himself drafted into the

Mens Fours to save the ailing and aging club from going under The reluctant Jack discovers

he can smoke and drink beer at 1972 prices in a world where a bloke is your mate and the

ladies bring a plate A good laid-back Aussie chuckler where the laconic meets the colonic

this affectionate film also stars oldies like Bill Hunter teaming up with youngsters including

Judith Lucy to outwit the takeover plans of Pokies-King Bernie Fowler played with wry relish

by the brilliant John Clarke Watch out for lsquoThe Flipperrsquo

Mick Molloyrsquos next comedy Bad Eggs is also a new acquisition for the NTLC

Staff Selections The Screening Loans staff canrsquot stop themselves watching the wonderful variety of

new films as they come into the collection - all to assist with your programming

Here are four of the best

Stephrsquos Picks

Careless Love Director John Duigan Australia 2012

Cast Nammi Le Peter OBrien Andrew Hazzard David Field

Available on DVD

If you missed this film at the cinema last year I strongly suggest you give it a go at your film

society We follow Linh a confident well-adjusted Vietnamese-Australian studying at

Sydney University During the day she is a happy energetic student At night she works as an

escort visiting her clients at their homes Her clients are varied and have different needs and

expectations Things get complicated when she starts dating a fellow student and bit by bit

her world crumbles as her double life is exposed

The Endless Night Director Will Tremper West Germany 1963

Cast Hannelore Elsner Karin Huumlbner Louise

Martini Harald Leipnitz

DVD courtesy of the Goethe Institute

The Tempelhof Airport in Berlin is

experiencing a spell of fog The planes

are grounded and the passengers are

fraught all they can do is wait for the fog

to clear but overnight their lives are

thrown off course

The film follows a number of people as they deal with the fallout from the fog Some

characters see opportunity others see their lives or careers fall apart In one story a man

lends his wifersquos fur coat to his mistress and asks her to cosy-up to a potential business partner

who is expected to arrive at the airport that evening In another story a woman desperate

to run away from her husband waits in fear that he will come looking for her

This is a very stylishly made film - the cinemascope ratio matches beautifully with the

enormous interior of the Tempelhof airport The DVD is sharp coming from an excellent print

Johnrsquos Picks

Crackerjack Director Paul Moloney Australia 2002

Cast Mick Molloy Bill Hunter Frank Wilson Monica Maughan Judith Lucy John Clarke

Available on DVD

Cuddly likeable slob Jack (radio and D-Generation comic Mick Molloy) who has joined the

Cityside Lawn Bowling club just to use the Members car park finds himself drafted into the

Mens Fours to save the ailing and aging club from going under The reluctant Jack discovers

he can smoke and drink beer at 1972 prices in a world where a bloke is your mate and the

ladies bring a plate A good laid-back Aussie chuckler where the laconic meets the colonic

this affectionate film also stars oldies like Bill Hunter teaming up with youngsters including

Judith Lucy to outwit the takeover plans of Pokies-King Bernie Fowler played with wry relish

by the brilliant John Clarke Watch out for lsquoThe Flipperrsquo

Mick Molloyrsquos next comedy Bad Eggs is also a new acquisition for the NTLC

Alice in the Cities Director Wim Wenders Germany 1974

Cast Rudiger Vogler Yella Rottlander Lisa Kreuzer

DVD courtesy of the Goethe Institute

Aimlessly drifting across America seeking inspiration

German journalist Phil unable to either write or

empathise is recalled home Meeting a fellow

German woman and her daughter at the airport he

incrementally agrees to look after the girl Alice for

the return flight Seemingly abandoned by Alicersquos

mother the two of them set off again - now across

Germany - to find her grandmotherrsquos house

Wim Wendersrsquo films often feature tales of disillusioned characters on journeys through mind

and place across landscapes alien and familiar on a search for meaning This constant

theme together with Wendersrsquo take on the familiar Little Miss Marker and The Shiralee stories

still engages Both Phil and Alice are distant with each other - dialogue is sparse and their

attachment is reluctant - before developing a reluctance to part Visually the long

observational shots the black and white contrasting imagery and the 1970s-style camera

work mirror the story Alice in the Cities travels from bleak to beautiful Take this journey

Look for more Wim Wenders films from the Goethe Institut coming to the NTLC soon

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The Way Back (2011)