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| Backroads |
Early double from acclaimed director Phillip Noyce, one of the boldest and stylistically innovative young Australian directors to emerge in the seventies.
Backroads M Phillip Noyce, 60 mins, Australia, 1977, HD. Courtesy: Smart Street Films The digitally restored
Backroads, featuring Gary Foley and Bill Hunter, combines elements of a road movie, cinéma vérité documentary, political polemic and experimental film, and is an abrasive and unsentimental representation of the plight of indigenous Australians.
Castor & Pollux M Phillip No, 44 mins, Australia, 1973, 16mm. Courtesy: AFTRS & NFSA Castor & Pollux, winner of the Rouben Mamoulian Award at the 1974 Sydney Film Festival, contrasts the lives of two brothers, one a soft-spoken hippie and the other a rough bikie.
