Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Merlin behind the magic is Gillian Armstrong, the young Australian director who established a reputation for intelligent, graceful and feminist filmmaking with her critically acclaimed debut My Brilliant Carter. That film formed the foundation of the now-thriving Australian movie industry, along with Breaker Morant, Gallipoli and Picnic at Hanging Rock...
...Starstruck breaks the pattern. Armstrong has billed her latest work as "A totally different kind of Australian film," and she's no liar. She offers a precocious musical parody of quite a few of the icons of modern culture, including politicians, movie musicals, sexism in the music industry, the pretenses of bourgeous "punks," and even, egad, the current obsession with making movies about new wave musicians...
...tending mother (Margo Lee) is a dead ringer for Margaret Thatcher. Clad in a garish polyester pants suit, she layers on the lipstick and tells Jackie, "Why don't you stop wearing those ridiculous clothes, you can't change who you are." American politicians fare no better in Armstrong's vision. One of the film's best moments features a maniacal sound booth engineer presiding over a chaotic television set and screaming. "I am in control here. I am in control...
Angus has more schemes than Freddie Laker, and he decides to get publicity by strapping Jackie into a pair of enormous false breasts and getting her to walk a tightrope between two skyscrapers in the heart of Sydney's TV network district. Armstrong's comment on women and their exploitation in the entertainment world is well taken. Jackie's stunt attracts the attention of Terry Lambert, a poprock mogul, who books her and her band, the Wombats, to appear on television. His show, "Wow," is a scathing parody of Britain's "Top of the pops" an actual weekly music show...
Bymett 5-12 5-9 15, Hawkins 0-0 0-3 0, Clarke 0-3 3-5 3, Brecht 5-9 0-1 10, Gordon 1-3 1-3 3, Scholz 4-8 1-1 9, Brown 5-8 0-0 10, Armstrong 2-8 0-0 4, Lay 0-0 0-2 0, Meikle 3-3 2-2 8, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0, Totals...