Dogs in Space

R 18+
Richard Lowenstein, 103 mins, Australia, 1986, 35mm. Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Courtesy: Central Park Films.

Dogs in Space

Writer/director Richard Lowenstein navigates the world of drugs, dropouts and punk music in late 1970s inner-suburban Melbourne.

Set in a share-house occupied by a collection of social misfits, the film focuses on the tumultuous affair between vivacious Anna (Saskia Post) and drug-taking Sam (Michael Hutchence), front man for the band Dogs in Space.

With the aid of cinematographer Andrew de Groot's invaluable camerawork, Lowenstein achieves an intense, fluid evocation of a squalid, destructive lifestyle.

Features a sensational pounding soundtrack courtesy of Iggy Pop, Boys Next Door (aka Birthday Party), Brian Eno and Gang of Four.

30th anniversary screening.

"Dogs in Space is less of a film and more of an experience, a poem rather than a conventional story. It's a remarkable testament to a piece of Australian history most people prefer to ignore." Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film