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man of flowers

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Paul Cox, Australia, 1983, 91 mins, 35mm. Courtesy: National Film & Sound Archive & Flowers International

Man of Flowers

One of writer/director Paul Cox's most idiosyncratic films, Man of Flowers portrays the life of Charles Bremer (Norman Kaye), a wealthy recluse who is obsessed with aesthetic harmonies of form and colour in flowers and exquisite artworks.