ad feedbackRowland S. Howard, the Primitive Calculators, Ollie Olsen, Phillip Brophy and many others proffer their recollections and air their animosities in a tribute to the Melbourne underground music scene of '77 - '81. The Crystal Ballroom, the 'Little Bands', the Boys Next Door, the drugs, the fashions, the influences, the philosophies, the venues and the legacy of the tim...
七○年代末自雪梨發跡,流行搖滾天團 INXS 曾風靡 一時,主唱麥可赫金斯挾著迷人嗓音與俊俏外表, 以獨特的舞台魅力征服全球樂迷,被譽為史上最成 功的澳洲樂團之一。然而,在一次導致腦部受創的 嚴重車禍後,隱藏在他開朗性格與不羈生活背後的 認同困惑和對世俗的憤懣,似乎突然爆發開來。性 格驟變的他,終究沒能熬過事業低谷及家庭破碎的 壓力,在旅館內結束短短三十七歲的生命,徒留無 盡惋惜和重重疑雲。
曾為 INXS 樂團執導多部 MV 並獲獎的導演理查洛溫 斯坦,親自梳理麥可掌鏡拍攝的影像素材與媒體畫 面,並邀集凱莉米洛、U2 主唱波諾和樂團團員等親 朋故友現聲追憶,嘗試穿越謠言的迷霧,釐清他跌 宕波折卻鮮為人知的星途光景,見證澳洲搖滾巨星 演藝之路的起起落落,以及情感世界的悲歡離合。
A documentary about internationally renowned film editor Jill Bilcock, that charts how an outspoken arts student in 1960s Melbourne became one of the world's most acclaimed film artists.
A darkly humorous search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Faithful to the cult novel by John Birmingham upon which it is based, the film follows Danny (Noah Taylor) through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a forceful, sometimes turbulent narrative that leaves the viewer enterta...
The film is set in a house occupied by a collection of social misfits. The main storyline is that of a strange musician's relationship with a girl, their drug use and his band. These events are surrounded by a chaotic myriad of sub-plots. A homicidal chainsaw maniac's lust for his machine and a T.V station's offer of money in return for a piece of the Skylab satellite that has ...
Guitarist, songwriter and artist Rowland S. Howard was an instrumental figure in the Australian rock scene, particularly renowned for his role in seminal post-punk outfit The Birthday Party. In a career spanning 30 years Howard worked with the best artists of his generation, including Henry Rollins, Lydia Lunch and Ollie Olsen. His was a singular talent, cut short by an untimel...