Saturday, March 30, 2024

Movie review - "The Settlement" (1984) ***

 The sort of movie Bob Ellis loves with its low key recration of 50s small town Australia - pubs, ockers, boxers, yokels, religious trouble, good time girls, and its embracing of a healthy sex life and tolerance with tolerance mocked.

It's unexpected, subtle and well done. Howarrd Rubie was a very good director. There is tremendous feel for nuance and atmosphere, the costumes and sets and haircuts and stuff are splended.

I think at it's soul this was a television play, really. The s

One of the best films from the Queensland Film Corporation.

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