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All very strange. I suppose a film like Utopia is intended to be 'present' for some time. Have you see the article in today's Guardian/Observer about Happiness Island and the involvement of the Louvre, the Guggenheim and even the British Museum? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/22/abu-dhabi-migrant-workers-conditions-shame-west best Dave On 22 December 2013 10:56, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Joseph Bircumshaw > >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet > >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > >> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > David Joseph Bircumshaw > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com