Hunting the wild pineapple

A film in search of Thea Astley through stories, anecdotes and a little bit of gossip. Australian writer, Thea Astley, holds forth on her attitudes to writing, rednecks, satire, sex, being a woman, inspiration, God and her spiritual home - the cafeteria. “Hunting the Wild Pineapple” blends excerpts of interviews with Astley and dramatised extracts from her writings.

Credits

production company

AFTRS

producer

Don Colantonio

director

Patricia L'Huede

Duration

00:47:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302653

Language

English

Subject categories

Literature → Astley, Thea, 1925-

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Women authors

People → Astley, Thea, 1925-

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1989

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