The film also sheds the ‘70s love for pitting Australian towns as realms of Wake In Fright-level villains; the people of Kandanga are just regular folks who genuinely care about each other ...

Why it is one of the best ‘70s movies: Curiously, ... What it’s about: Two wildly different teens – one a rebellious greaser and the other a squeaky-clean Australian ...

Films such as The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (1970) – a precursor to Crystal Voyager, The Blind Sea (2024) about blind surfer Matt Formston, Girls Can’t Surf (2022) featuring Pauline Menczer ...

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The film's success both at home and abroad, at a time when the industry was struggling (Shirley points out that “it was one of the very few entirely Australian features made in Australia during ...