The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
The Ides of November
1979-1980
When
Wed 12 Nov 2025
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This program brings together two key works reflecting on the lasting trauma of the dismissal of the Whitlam Government on November 11, 1975.
John Hughes, Andrew Scollo and Peter Kennedy’s November Eleven (1979) brings together a Dadaist montage of pre-existing images and sounds to provide a counter-reading of the coup-like events.
Paul Davies, Carolyn Howard and Pat Laughren’s Exits (1980) provides a more playful reflection, combining fiction, documentary, found images and sounds to “recreate” the response of various figures wandering the streets of Melbourne on the day of the dismissal.
Print of Exits courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive, Australia.
Program to be introduced by several of the filmmakers.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
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