This is a charming film, quirkily made, and of a real subject matter.
Production could have been 'snappier' BUT that would detract from the story - this is about a pair of mavericks who wanted, more that anything, to have the Australian film industry rival Hollywood.
Told in the black-and-white film of the time it is a story of the struggling artists, keenly searching for every cent they required, against a film industry funded by people whose background may be a bit more dubious than history suggests.
Bob Mendelsohn is excellent as the lead, and there are excepts from some of the most recognisable faces in the early years of the Australian film industry.
Well worth a view, but not the best film ever made. HOWEVER, I enjoyed it.
Production could have been 'snappier' BUT that would detract from the story - this is about a pair of mavericks who wanted, more that anything, to have the Australian film industry rival Hollywood.
Told in the black-and-white film of the time it is a story of the struggling artists, keenly searching for every cent they required, against a film industry funded by people whose background may be a bit more dubious than history suggests.
Bob Mendelsohn is excellent as the lead, and there are excepts from some of the most recognisable faces in the early years of the Australian film industry.
Well worth a view, but not the best film ever made. HOWEVER, I enjoyed it.