ACMI would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways of greater Melbourne, the people of the Kulin Nation, and recognise that ACMI is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.

First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices, or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.

The Crying Game

Australia, 2004

Film
The Crying Game thumbnail image.

A personal account created by a participant in the ACMI Digital Storytelling Workshop Telling Tales. Produced in partnership with Arts Access and supported by the Department of Human Services and the Deafness Foundation for Telling Tales.
This story made by John Wood talks about his uncontrallable bouts of crying. This is sometimes brought about by depression or anxiety. He has learned that the expression of emotion is very healthy.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has been digitised and can be viewed in the display above.

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

creator

John Wood

production company

ACMI Digital Storytelling

Duration

00:02:48:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2004

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2004290

Language

English

Audience classification

Exempt

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy

Collected

2 times

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/119758--the-crying-game/ |title=The Crying Game |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}