| Description |
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound,color ; 4 3/4 in |
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1/2 in |
| Summary |
A cross-cultural road movie from director Clara Law (Floating life) a native of Hong Kong, who lives and works in Australia. Boy is a Japanese internet hacker and snake enthusiast whose dream car is a 1967 Citroen - the Goddess of the title - which he locates in Australia. When he arrives to collect the car he discovers the owner dead and is forced to make a deal with Deirdre, the owner's blind and emotionally bereft niece. Boy agrees to take Deirdre to her outback hometown (a five day drive) where she plans to confront her estranged and abusive father. This film is saturated in an array of dense colours and images that are overwhelming with their beauty and poignancy. Deirdre's blind and passionate dancing in a local bar; the burning of an old church; the otherworldliness of the Japanese settings - are all compelling scenes. Both Boy and Deirdre are running from dark pasts (witnessed in a series of flashbacks) but must reconcile their histories in order to move forward individually and as a couple. At times confounding with a desultory narrative, 'The Goddess of 1967' is a film about family and treachery, revenge and forgiveness |
| Notes |
Special features: Behind the scenes documentary ; Theatrical trailer ; Cast and crew filmographies ; Photo gallery ; Chapter selection |
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Widescreen 16:9 |
| Credits |
Director, Clara Law ; Producers, Peter Sainsbury, Eddie L.C. Fong |
| Performer |
Rikiya Kurokawa, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Hope, Elise McCredie |
| Notes |
Rated: MA15+ adult themes, strong violence, strong sex scenes |
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DVD. Produced for region 4 |
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In English and Japanese with occasional English subtitles |
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Available to Deakin staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films -- Australia.
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Incest -- Drama.
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Families -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Blindness -- Drama.
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Families -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Law, Clara.
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Fang, Lingzheng.
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Byrne, Rose.
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Hope, Nicholas.
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Australian Film Finance Corporation.
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New South Wales Film and Television Office.
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Still Life Pictures
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Palace Films.
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Madman Films
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