yes, and the media here have holiday quiet in Canberra to permit something like
Pilger to 'blow up'.
On 22/12/2013, at 9:51 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> Sorry I got the timeline confused by the tenses being used - Utopia was
> previewed here in late Sept and went on general release in mid-November. I
> thought the conversation was about something just happening here. Is it not
> likely, Max, that the timing of the showings around Australia Day is meant
> to underline the film's 'message'?
>
> best
>
> db
>
>
> On 22 December 2013 09:48, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> I don't know much about the policies of general release there are at least
>> screenings in the main Aus cities next month though:
>> http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
>>
>> best
>>
>> dave
>>
>>
>> On 22 December 2013 08:55, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>
>>> Max thanks -The film release It does all seem a bit odd especially as here
>>> we have hardly an unblemished record!!!
>>> Cheers P old grumper
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Max Richards
>>> Sent: 21 December 2013 20:59
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Utopia
>>>
>>> Australians will have to wait three months before they are allowed to
>>> watch
>>> it. By the time Utopia is released here next Australia Day, it will have
>>> already screened on free-to-air British TV.
>>>
>>> Is is hardly unreasonable to expect a film that asks such enormous
>>> questions
>>> of Australia to open on our shores at the same time it does in Britain.
>>> Pilger and his producers seem essentially to be saying: "Australia, we've
>>> got something awfully important to tell you. But you're not allowed to
>>> join
>>> the conversation just yet."
>>>
>>> More than the head-scratching release strategy, is London really the best
>>> place to start a debate about Indigenous equality in Australia? Utopia's
>>> cinematic premiere, held in a place far removed from its eponymous region,
>>> seems - well - rude.
>>>
>>> http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/12/john-pilgers-utopia
>>>
>>> Australia Day - late Jan is when most of Australia is at the beach or
>>> watching the tennis all hours on tv.
>>>
>>> so we shall see how Pilger fares here...
>>>
>>> On 22/12/2013, at 5:27 AM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all esp Oz folk has there been reaction in the poetry community to
>>>> John Pilger's 'Utopia' a film dealing with the continued treatment of
>>>> the first
>>>> nation- there must be poetry around the situation
>>>>
>>>> Or is poetry in an ivory tower?
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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