Peggy Carter on David Gulpilil and Walkabout
2013
Peggy Carter on David Gulpilil and Walkabout
2013
- NFSA IDVBG3J5J4
- TypeOral History
- MediumAudio
- FormOral history
- Duration4 hrs, 28 mins, 19 secs
- GenresBiographical
- Year2013
Make-up artist Peggy Carter interviewed by Lorna Lesley.
In this clip Peggy talks about working on the seminal film Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, UK-Australia, 1971).
She recalls a wild ride in 4WDs through the desert landscape under the inspiring leadership of British director Nicolas Roeg and an astounding debut performance from a teenage David Gulpilil.
Peggy was the make-up artist on some of Australia’s most renowned films of the late 1960s and 1970s including Age of Consent (Michael Powell, UK-Australia, 1969), Sunday Too Far Away (Ken Hannam, 1975), Caddie (Donald Crombie, 1976) and The Picture Show Man (John Power, 1977).
Make-up artist Peggy Carter interviewed by Lorna Lesley.
In this clip Peggy talks about working on the seminal film Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, UK-Australia, 1971).
She recalls a wild ride in 4WDs through the desert landscape under the inspiring leadership of British director Nicolas Roeg and an astounding debut performance from a teenage David Gulpilil.
Peggy was the make-up artist on some of Australia’s most renowned films of the late 1960s and 1970s including Age of Consent (Michael Powell, UK-Australia, 1969), Sunday Too Far Away (Ken Hannam, 1975), Caddie (Donald Crombie, 1976) and The Picture Show Man (John Power, 1977).
- NFSA IDVBG3J5J4
- TypeOral History
- MediumAudio
- FormOral history
- Duration4 hrs, 28 mins, 19 secs
- GenresBiographical
- Year2013
- InterviewerLorna Lesley
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