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Tagged: Gillian Armstrong

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NFSA Restores: My Brilliant Career
The empowering 1979 classic Australian film My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored as part of the NFSA Restores program.
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Reflections on Gillian Armstrong
Graham Shirley reflects on Gillian’s films and career ahead of this weekend’s repeat screenings of two of her films.
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Revisiting The Last Days of Chez Nous
Director Gillian Armstrong writes about the screening of a new preservation print of her 1992 film 'The Last Days of Chez Nous' at the NFSA.
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Unfolding Florence: A Motive for Murder
An excerpt from the Gillian Armstrong docu-drama Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2005), featuring Judi Farr as Broadhurst in re-enactments.  Florence Broadhurst was a...
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Unfolding Florence: Florence Broadhurst found murdered
This clip contains a brief excerpt from the Gillian Armstrong docu-drama Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2005).  Broadhurst was a flamboyant Australian artist and designer...
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Oscar and Lucinda: ‘A glass church’
Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) shows Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) a scale replica of a house made from glass and steel. Oscar proposes the structure be built and transported to Reverend Hasset in Bellingen. This...
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Oscar and Lucinda: ‘A miracle’
Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) delivers the glass church to Reverend Hasset (Ciaran Hinds). This clip also features narration by Geoffrey Rush. Summary by Richard Kuipers
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Oscar and Lucinda: ‘Shall we play?’
Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) meets Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) on the boat from England to New South Wales. They form an instant bond over their shared passion for gambling. Summary by Richard Kuipers
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Gillian Armstrong - My Brilliant Career
Director Gillian Armstrong talks about her first feature film My Brilliant Career (Australia, 1979) which had just been chosen to screen in competition for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival...
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Geoffrey Rush in Starstruck
In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, Geoffrey Rush plays the stage manager during the Sydney Opera House finale of Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck. He even gets to dance with Jackie (Jo Kennedy)...
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