Fresh Air

Just caught this on TV, wasn't sure if it would be any good but for some reason Nadine Garner caught my attention so I sat through the rest of the film. Turned out to be very good, aside from the shaky ending, but that may just be because I missed some vital piece of information from the start of the film that would have made it all fit together better.

Anyway, Australian films have a tendency to be pretty horrible, so this was a very welcome surprise.

if, like me, you kinda, sorta, y'know like, like Slacker movies then you should enjoy this. Like it's compatriot _love and other catastrophes_ it's influenced by Jean-Luc Godard to the extent that there's an A Bout de Souffle poster on the wall of one of the unemployed twentysomething Melbourne-based protagonists at the centre of the film, one of whom refers to "the short-haired chick from Breathles", but it's biggest influence is probably current US indie cinema. It's character's may be a little stereotyped: there's a guy who can't form proper relationships because of his obsession with soccer (HMMM) and a girl who's trying to become an artist but wonders if she's in "the wrong queue" as all her friends seem to be getting highly-paid jobs - an apt metaphor. The most amusing scene is an anti-car rally which hurt a little bit as well, and might do the same to other soi-disant rebels.

A social realistic film about a week in the life on three young Sydney-siders. The two girls Kit and E spend a lot of their time going from protest rally to protest rally, as we watch Jack go about his life - watching soccer & visiting his parents.

A simple & elegant movie, that if you're un-attentive, seems to go nowhere, but achieves quite a beautiful portrayal of the life's of three people that are easily related to. The humour is simple & plays on the fact that we all know people, or are people, like Jack, E & Kit.

Not for people after an action packed, high paced movie, but definitely a worth while watch.

I really enjoyed it. It demands a second viewing. The directing and the acting were raw and kinetic.

What can I say, I enjoyed this little flick, it is urban, it is witty, it is Zinema. There is no real story here, it is a point of view, it is about what you do when you are waiting for your career to kick in, when you are wondering if it actually will... there are lots of chewy bits to this film... if you don't get it, well I guess you probably prefer a footy game where the score is easier to see. The highlight has to be the Dongs Party community theatre piece.