Journey Among Women

In the 70s, there was a bit of an obsession with the new permissiveness in cinema and the revelation of nudity, evidenced by such schlocky pictures like Alvin Purple, Libido and Barry Mckenzie and whilst Journey Amoung Women inadvertently was relegated to that genre due to its full frontal nudity, it however is a film with form, substance and most importantly, even disregarding the basic penal storyline, is a celebration of women. Its lyrical, beautifully photographed but primitive to look at and must be considered a milestone of Australian cinema. Think of what English punk band The Slits would carve out of creating a civilisation for themselves and you get the picture. A liberating and essential time capsule.