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DAGS WILL INHERIT THE EARTH
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DAGS: WILL THEY INHERIT THE EARTH?
It was shot in 10 days between Christmas and New Year with cast and crew surviving on
Coke and Domino pizzas, so it is fitting that Murray Fahey’s fourth feature film
celebrates the genuine Australian suburban dag. Andrew L Urban does Dags. . .
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DALKEITH
You haven’t even heard of it, but Dalkeith, a new Australian film, is about to enter
the history books on several counts; it’s made not by new young filmmakers, but new,
old filmmakers, reports Andrew L. Urban.
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DANCE ME TO MY SONG: This Aint No Waltz
Leave all your preconceptions at home when you go to see Rolf de Heer’s Dance Me To
My Song, a film that will wrench your heart and confront your head, says ANDREW L. URBAN
in this story on the powerful film that was in Competition at the 1998 Cannes film
festival.
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DARK CITY – WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE
The filmmaker of his generation who is perhaps least recognised as an Australian, Alex
Proyas, is consciously not making ‘Australian’ films in Australia: in 1994 he
made The Crow, and his latest fantasy, Dark City is set in a nightmare. During production,
ANDREW L. URBAN ventured into the dark . . .
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DARK CITY: DFX RECORD
Australian digital design capability, in technical as well
as creative terms, has never been better tested than with Dark
City, which required a record 300 digital effect shots.
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DARK CITY: ON SET OF DARK CITY
Alex Proyas’ long awaited film-noir-come sci-fi thriller is finally hitting
Australian screens (Aug. 6, 1998), after its midnight screening at the Cannes Film
Festival in May. ANDREW L. URBAN visited Proyas both on set and in his offices for
this interview.
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DARK FLOORS
The Finnish Eurovision Song Contest 2006 winner, monster hard rock group Lordi,
stars in Dark Floors, a $6 million horror movie, from Finland's No 1 producer,
Solar Film's Markus Selin. Fortified by the local firewater, intrepid
correspondent Jorn Rossing Jensen visited the filming location in Oulu, Finland.
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DASSIN, JULES - OBITUARY
Jules Dassin made a string of classic films noir, peaking with the French
heist drama, Rififi, as well as a handful of underwhelming films later in his
career, writes Geoff Gardner of the filmmaker’s substantial legacy.
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DAY, MATT: MUGGERS
Matt Day has the looks and the talent to be a young romantic lead - but in his latest
film, Muggers, he has opted for comedy. Matt joined Andrew L. Urban for a live chat on Monday May 29.
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DEAD HEART – ON LOCATION
Bryan Brown is producer as well as star of Dead Heart, a
tough and controversial story about the conflict between black
and white justice in Australia’s hot centre. Andrew L. Urban
visits the set.
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DEAD LETTER OFFICE: LOST LETTERS, LOVE FOUND
A pigeon and two lonely people end up at the Dead Letter Office,
a new Australian romantic comedy shot in Melbourne during the
winter of 1997. Andrew L. Urban visited the set but failed to get an interview with the bird.
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DEAR CLAUDIA: On Location
Andrew L. Urban flies, drives and treks up and down steep
tracks to reach an exotic, deserted beach on Brampton Island to
report on the making of Dear Claudia, starring Bryan Brown and
Aleksandra Vujcic.
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DEAUVILLE FESTIVAL 2001
Australians really are everywhere – even at
Deauville, the town in Normandy where each year the Americans
launch their French cinematic invasion, reports Helen Barlow.
This year, Hugh Jackman and Heath Ledger (pic) led for Australia.
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DENDY SHORT FILMS AWARDS, 1998
winners have been selected for this year’s Dendy
Awards for Australian Short Films, from a record number of 170
entries submitted.
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DESTINY OF HER OWN
We go behind the scenes of the fact-based drama, A Destiny of Her Own, starring
Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell and Jacqueline Bisset, who talk about the characters
being so contemporary, despite the 16th century Venetian setting.
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DIE ANOTHER DAY: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER SUPRISE
It’s not often that a major studio will bring a script writer to Sydney for a media tour, but having Robert Wade as one of the five celebs at the Sydney press conference was just one of the surprises of the Die Another Day event also attended by stars Pierce Brosnan, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune and director Lee Tamahori: 2) it was held at the Opera House, and 3) it was moderated by a journalist – Andrew L. Urban. He filed this report. (Photo courtesy David Morgan)
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DINNER GAME - YOU'RE INVITED!
Just send a stamped addressed envelope to reserve your seat: Urban Cinefile invites you to
laugh yourself silly at the year's most rib-tickling film: The Dinner Game, from French
director Francis Veber (the man who gave us La Cage aux Folles).
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DINO & BAZ IN SYNC FOR ALEXANDER
27/6/2003: Veteran producer Dino de Laurentiis, a small grizzly bear of a man with
beard and bravado to spare, may seem an incongruous partner for the Australian cinematic
wunderkind Baz Luhrmann, but he’s adamant "it was love at first meeting".
And ever since they’ve met and joined forces to make the epic movie about the ancient
but youthful hero Alexander The Great, they’ve been "in sync 100 per cent,"
he adds. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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DINO RISI – OBITUARY
The death of Dino Risi on 7 June passed unnoticed, at least in the mainstream
English language press. His was a name that had largely fallen off the radar in
recent years. Yet at his peak he directed a number of the most popular Italian
films ever made, worked with some of Italy’s finest actors and had at least one
of Hollywood’s accolades accorded to him, a remake of one of his greatest
successes, write Geoff Gardner.
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DINOSAUR
Dinosaur is big - and it comes with a payload intended to blast
the film into animated movie history, chewing up records,
rumbling the box office earth and shaking the lucre trees . . .
ANDREW L. URBAN pieces together some of the background to
Disney's latest . . . er, cartoon.
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DISCulture – THE FIRST DISC
Thousands of aspiring filmmakers are churning out live action, animated
and digital shorts (and other pieces of work), but where do they find an
audience? Is DVD the answer, asks Jake Wilson, as the first DISCulture DVD hits
the streets.
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DISH, THE: GETTING IT READY
The Dish is based on the true story of how the Parkes telescope, in a small Australian
outback community, played a part in the greatest science show on earth, when man put his
foot on the Moon. Andrew L. Urban spoke to two of the Working Dog team who made the film:
Rob Sitch and Santo Cilauro.
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DISNEY VAULT RECALLS THREE CLASSICS & RELEASES ONE
The Disney Vault is the repository of the company’s classics where the films
take 7-year sleeps before being re-released. Disney historian Lella Smith came
to Australia to explain the needs for the Vault and what the Animation Research
Library does. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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DISTRICT 9 – BLOOD BROTHERS?
A fresh new filmmaking talent, Neill Blomkamp, emerges in the sci-fi/horror
genre, District 9 – shepherded by Peter Jackson, once a fresh new talent
himself, making his debut in the splatter genre.
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DOCO DOLLAR, THE
The teacher and some of the parents at a French school portrayed in the documentary, To Be and to Have (Etre et Avoir) are suing the filmmakers to try and get some of the profits from the film’s unexpected box office success. They’re not alone, and spurred by high profile successes like Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Capturing the Friedmans and Super Size Me, other doco subjects (eg President Bush, McDonalds, serial killers) could soon ask for their doco dollar. Don’t go there, warns Andrew L. Urban.
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DOGMA
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek,
Jason Lee, Jason Mewes and Alan Rickman are just some of the
stars in Kevin Smith's Dogma. Why? In this edited extract of the
film's production notes, we find out - "They have been in
Wisconsin for thousands of years and they're ready to go back to
heaven" is Ben Affleck's reason. . .
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DOGVILLE: TEASING AMERICA
Lars von Trier opens up his heart and soul in this personal deconstruction of his controversial and confronting film, Dogville, explaining why he no longer throws rocks at US embassies but teases America instead – and why Nicole Kidman impressed him.
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DOING DUNGOG : THE DOCUMENTARY – MAKING OF A FESTIVAL
Filmmakers and audiences rubbed shoulders, swapped yarns and clinked glasses
at the 2008 Dungog Film Festival, only the second edition of the event, but
which had already become the world’s biggest showcase* of Australian films. In
the 50 minute doco, Doing Dungog, Urban Cinefile’s Andrew L. Urban recorded the
festival for posterity. Doing Dungog first airs on TV Sydney on Sunday April 26,
6.30pm, and simultaneously on the Channel’s website at www.tvs.org.au
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DOMINO – STORMING THROUGH DOORS
Domino Harvey had told filmmaker Tony Scott that “storming through doors with a
shotgun in her hand was the biggest adrenaline rush she’d ever had and it helped
to quell the voices in her head” Scott has made a film based on that
sensibility, dedicated to her memory. (Pic, Tony Scott with Jacqueline Bisset at the LA premiere; Photo by Michael Caulfield, WireImage)
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DON'T BE BLUE, GET THE BLUES
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DOWNFALL – OF THE PAST, FOR THE FUTURE
Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Oscar nominated drama about the final days of Adolf Hitler, Downfall, will sit on the special shelves of the cinematic future which contain those films that can and do affect individuals, and hence change our world, writes Andrew L. Urban; it is a film of great consequence.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2007 – BIRTH OF AN ALL AUSTRALIAN FILM FRESTIVAL
Film fans, directors, producers, actors, industry professionals, and
audiences from all walks of life are expected to descend on idyllic Dungog
(Hunter region, NSW) at the end of May for the inaugural Dungog Film Festival, a
showcase of exclusively Australian films, ranging from premieres to classics and
shorts – all screened in the James Theatre, Australia’s oldest continuously
running cinema.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2007 – PREVIEW
There are festivals devoted to Australian films in St Tropez, Hong Kong, London
and Shanghai – but until this week, none in Australia. On May 31, the inaugural
Dungog Film Festival is launched at Dungog, an idyllic rural setting two hours
from Sydney; but don’t let the bucolic environment fool you: it’s more boutique
than backwater, with innovative elements and some world premieres, reports
Andrew L. Urban.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - PREVIEW
With over 80 films – ranging from world premieres of features to the newest
shorts and docos – the Dungog Film Festival (May 29 – June 1) has grown in just
one year to be possibly the world’s largest single showcase event for Australian
production, says Fest director Allanah Zitserman. And a chance for some cool
partying …with help from the likes of soul singer Lisa Hunt. Andrew L. Urban
reports.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2008 – AD
“We believe high quality film events need not be exclusive to big cities”, says
Allanah Zitserman, Festival Director. Last year’s Festival was opened by film
critic Margaret Pomeranz, while acclaimed Australian director Bruce Beresford
praised the originality and uniqueness of this addition to the Australian film
calendar. It is – surprisingly – the first and only film festival devoted
entirely to Australian productions, and it’s a non-competitive event.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2008 – WRAP
Born in 2007, the Dungog Film Festival has grown in one year from a baby fest
with a dozen films and 1,400 visitors, into an adolescent of 80 films and an
estimated 4,000 visitors, doubling the population of Dungog for the duration
(May 29 – June 1). Andrew L. Urban reports on the world’s biggest showcase of
Australian filmmaking centred on the country’s oldest cinema, The James.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – A PRACTICAL GUIDE
A full weekend of Australian films, festival fun and country ambiance has
rapidly turned the Dungog Film Festival into a unique event that is not just a
giant showcase of Australian cinema but a great example of a regional screen
culture initiative with a can-do attitude, reports Andrew L. Urban on the eve of
the 3rd edition of the event.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – DR NIKKI WILLIAMS OPENING NIGHT SPEECH
Excerpts from the opening night speech by Dr Nikki Williams, CEO, NSW
Minerals Council, Presenting Sponsor of the Festival.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – PREVIEW
With more than 30 programs presented in three venues, the 2009 Dungog Film
Festival (May 28 – 31) claims to be the most comprehensive overview of new
Australian features, documentaries and short films made in the past year, indeed
the biggest showcase of Australian films in the world – centred on The James,
Australia’s oldest continuously running cinema.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – WRAP
The 2009 Dungog Film Festival opened with the world premiere of Stone Bros,
Richard Frankland’s road movie with belly laughs, an attempt to bridge
Australia’s black / white cultural abyss with comedy. It also signals the
Festival’s coming of age as a platform to showcase new Australian films, a role
that’s the mark of a genuinely valuable festival. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2010 – WRAP
The Dungog Film Festival has established itself as something of a darling of
Aussie filmmakers and has become a launch pad of some substance, if not for the
biggest Australian films as yet, at least for those which are ready at the right
time. The 4th edition offered sophisticated programming and a rich mix of new
and classic, established and emerging, reports Andrew L. Urban, our man in
Dungog.
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DUST OFF THE WINGS
Sex drugs and nude surfing go hand in hand with the stag
party and hen’s night in Lee Rogers first film, starring his
wife, singing star Kate Ceberano. ANDREW L. URBAN meets and
greets the new filmmakers. (Lee Rogers, pictured)
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DVD AWARDS 2002
Zippy, fun and timely, Australia’s newest publicly voted DVD awards at Sydney’s stately State Theatre delivered Best DVD accolade to The Matrix and Best Film on DVD to Gladiator – both with strong Australian connections, reports Andrew L. Urban.
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DVD AWARDS 2004 – LIST OF DVDs RELEASED IN 2004
This is a list of DVD movie titles released during 2004, compiled by
Region 4 Magazine, as a memory jogger for readers wishing to vote in the DVD Awards 2004.
To vote, please visit R4 before January 16, 2004.
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DVD AWARDS 2004 – VOTING STARTS
Consumer voting in the 2004 DVD Awards commences this week and closes January 16, 2004,
with a massive list of DVD releases for consideration; Region 4 Magazine in association
with Urban Cinefile invite readers to register their votes (and be eligible for major
prizes) in seven Categories, while technical panels will select nominees and winners in a
further six. The awards will be presented at a gala evening at Sydney’s fabulous
State Theatre on March 12, 2004.
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DVD COMPETITION – THE WINNERS ARE:
A Sony DVD player and a library of movies on disc proved to be much sought-after prizes
in our competition which asked entrants to describe their most memorable home
entertainment moments. From all over Australia, hundreds wrote about the Olympics,
hundreds more wrote about their first experience of a DVD, yet more hundreds described
kissing and cuddling and the start of long relationships . . . and there were dozens of
mishaps while watching videos, tv or DVDs. A few were sad, a few were mad and a few were
just plain. But the judges judged well into the nights to finally pick the winners. We
congratulate all of you who entered, and thank Sony for the player, Columbia Tri-Star for
the movies and DVDUsergroup for their co-operation.
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DYING BREED – HISTORICAL HORROR
Aussie horror movie Dying Breed, in cinemas from November 6, 2008, is inspired
by the chilling historical record of escaped Tasmanian convict Alexander Pearce,
hanged for cannibalism in 1824; The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, a
dramatised documentary about Pearce is also in the wings, first to air on ABC TV
early next year, followed by the DVD release.
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