As a film lover, I have seen surprisingly few films I really don't like. I tend to choose films to watch that I think I will enjoy and for the most part that keeps me away from bad movies.
Paul Cox is a perennial favourite of the Melbourne International Film Festival. His 1979 feature Kostas was the first Australian film to open the Festival.
I have been a Paul Cox fan since 1982's AFI Best Film winner 'Lonely Hearts' with the late Norman Kaye and the beloved actress to whom this film is partly dedicated: Wendy Hughes. That movie made such a huge impact on me both emotionally and creatively as I considered a potential career in the film and television industry.
A rather long winded/over long affair about the crucial importance of organ donating (amongst other things). We went to this movie with high hopes of something special, alas both my partner and I were looking at our watches long before the end credits came up.
Now that we're coming to the end of the decade I think that it's safe to say that this is the worst film I saw this decade. Truly completely horrible.
