Sidney Nolan: Such Is Life

Such is life is a biographical retrospective of Sidney Nolan’s life and work, told in a modern-day journey from Ireland to England, Hong Kong and Australia. Filmed against a background of Sidney Nolan’s past and current projects, it includes the designs for a new opera production for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a large graphic suite on themes relevant to Australia’s Bicentennial during 1988 and exhibitions of his new work in London and Hong Kong.

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Credits

producer

William Leeson

production company

Waveband Film Productions

RM Arts

Ceidrik Heward

Radio-Telefis Eirann (RTE)

Channel 4

director

Brian Adams

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324858

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Nolan, Sidney, Sir, 1917-1992

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

People → Nolan, Sidney, Sir, 1917-1992

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1987

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