Aussie film recommendations?

[exor]

Swinging Safari (2018)

[eti]

The Castle
The Dish
Kenny
Crackerjack
The Man from Snowy River
The Man Who Sued God
Chopper
And I'll throw in a curveball - Housos vs. Authority

Thanks Dave

[Skashkash]

Watched it many years ago.
Ground Zero.

[sleemanj]

Mary and Max - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978762/

[thermistor-guy]

Upgrade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upgrade_(film)

It's Australian cyberpunk from 2018. Recommended.

[johnboxall]

Bad Boy Bubby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boy_Bubby

[wasyoungonce]

There can be only one......

                               "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie"



From the man who pretended to vomit into an Airline sick (during flight) back pulled out a spoon to eat it (just yoghurt).......The whole movie borders on the humour like "Mr creosote skit from Monty Python"


 

[JohnnyMalaria]

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Barry_McKenzie

Barry 'Bazza' McKenzie (Barry Crocker) travels to England with his aunt Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) to advance his cultural education. Bazza is a young Aussie fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful 'sheilas'. He settles in Earls Court, where his old friend Curly (Paul Bertram) has a flat. He gets drunk, is ripped off, insulted by pretentious Englishmen and exploited by record producers, religious charlatans and a BBC television producer (Peter Cook). He reluctantly leaves England under the orders of his aunt, after exposing himself on television. His final words on the plane home are, "I was just starting to like the Poms!"

Love it - just caught it on Amazon for $0.99. As someone who grew up in the UK in the 70s and now lives overseas, I can honestly say this is more truthful than you'd ever imagine.

What's more, Barry Humphries not in drag has an uncanny resemblance with...see pic.

[Ed.Kloonk]

There can be only one......

Highlander!




..oh, wait.

[joseph nicholas]

The Aussie film industry if there is such a thing never produced any great films vis a vi USA, Japan, Sweden.  It did give us a lot of good actors and directors.

[Ed.Kloonk]

The Aussie film industry if there is such a thing never produced any great films vis a vi USA, Japan, Sweden.  It did give us a lot of good actors and directors.

[checks to see what movies Sweden has produced..]

Ooh la la.

[RoGeorge]

The Aussie film industry if there is such a thing never produced any great films vis a vi USA, Japan, Sweden.  It did give us a lot of good actors and directors.

[checks to see what movies Sweden has produced..]

Ooh la la.

Don't byte that bate.   

(A four four letter word sentence)

[SpecialK]

My son and I were supposed visit Aus last summer between semesters at uni.  Unfortunately coronavirus has delayed those plans.

I did create a thread here asking for some suggestions of suggestions of what Australian radio stations I might want to stream.  That thread was removed as not being electronics relevant or whatever.  I typically listen to Jonesie and Amanda on WSFM when tinkering on the bench in the evenings.

Canada has a strange Canadian content law that favors Canadian artists for airplay.  I'm a bit tired of that, and thought I could open my ears to Australian acts.  Does Aus have the same kind of regulation?

I do find myself enjoying the youtube channels of eevblog and David Tipton.  I have caught a couple TV programs like Upright and Squinters.  I enjoy the differences in slang.

I think Australian culture is very compatible with Canadian culture even if the setting looks very different.

[Brumby]

I think Australian culture is very compatible with Canadian culture even if the setting looks very different.

Indeed.

The main difference seems to be that the values you find in Canada are similar to those in Australia ... about 30 years ago.


Many years ago I made a friend in a stranger lined up to pay for petrol.  When I heard him speak, I addressed him and said "Your accent..." - his face grimaced - "... isn't American."  His eyes lit up as did a smile and he announced "I'm Canadian!".

[Brumby]

I typically listen to Jonesie and Amanda on WSFM when tinkering on the bench in the evenings.

Pretty good middle-of-the-road listening for those of us who remember the 80's (IMHO).  They're the default station for radios within my reach.

[EEVblog]

Crikey! How could I forget Young Einstein!

[wilfred]

I think Australian culture is very compatible with Canadian culture even if the setting looks very different.

I was glued to Corner Gas when it was broadcast here. Comedy gold. Cardinal was another favourite. Not much Canadian stuff gets broadcast here, and the reverse is probably true also.

[wasyoungonce]

Its often said Aussies are 20yrs behind Canada and 30yrs behind America....but 10 yrs ahead of NZ

Not that I lived in Canada....have visited USA and lived NZ

The Barry Mckenzie stuff was pretty crass but very much like it was in the 70s...a nation trying to grow up caught between eras.   It was Australia having a poke at itself.

FWIW....

[Gyro]

Adding to the list

Malcolm
Rikki and Pete

both by Nadia Tass

Yes, definitely 'Malcolm'. Funny on so many levels, and has offbeat technology thrown in for good measure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_(film)

[VK3DRB]

Having worked at a similar installation as a summer student: "The Dish"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Seen it 11 times. After 10 times I swore never to see it again. Then I attended an Eastern and Mountain Districts Amateur Radio Club movie night and the movie was... The Dish.

[VK3DRB]

The Castle is a must see. Iconic feel good movie. There are Australian sayings in there only us locals in Victoria would properly understand, as it is based here. I am not sure if foreigners would understand it fully; but a great low budget film all the same.
 
A excellent series now on Netflix is Stateless. I started watching it last night at around 8pm and got hooked. Finished the whole series by 2am. Based on a true story of imprisonment of asylum seekers here by an incompetent federal government, although it is worth checking out the facts by Googling "Cornelia Rau" after seeing the movie. Vivian Solon was also a victim of federal government ineptitude but she is not mentioned in the movie... that would be another movie all on its own.

[MikeK]

This yank has a recommendation that nobody has mentioned yet:

"Last Cab to Darwin"

[TerraHertz]

I'm surprised these weren't mentioned yet.

Red Dog         2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog_(film)
Lucky Miles    2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Miles
Bliss              1985   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(1985_film)

Oh, and not a movie but not to be missed - radio series "The 12th Man"  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth_Man

[thermistor-guy]

Stone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(1974_film): about outlaw bikers.

Haven't seen it in ages, so I don't know if it still holds up. Might be interesting, though, as a cinematic snapshot of that era.

[sae]

The Last of the Knucklemen
Dir-Tim Burstall.... Gerard Kennedy, Steve Bisley, Michael Preston, Michael Caton....

https://youtu.be/Sk82gih-jMQ