There were plentiful moments when I had to wipe my tears away or hold my bladder from too much laughter. My affection for Chopper was blurred between Bana’s performance and the swiftness of the script. It was wonderful to see Bana push his acting abilities to such perfection underneath his uncanny resemblance to Reed. Eric Bana known for his past as a comedian fully throws himself into the character that even bedazzled Chopper’s real dad. If his looks don’t inspire laughs his tongue sure does. The script is kept together by Chopper’s witty lines where humour oozes out at every opportunity. He bears a very close resemblance to Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver yet not as serious and morose. Nevertheless, Chopper is witty, has a heart when he wants it, and he succeeds at manipulating police and helping them rid the town of the sordid underworld. They should instead worry about the viewers getting a closer insight into their inadequate jail systems. Despite the concerns expressed by the Victorian Police about the film glorifying the main character, their minds can rest in peace because Chopper comes across as a big mean criminal with an affinity to torture. Long awaited, based on biographical stories written my Mark Chopper Read, Australia’s most wanted criminal, about his prison encounters, it is one of the best Australian films of the underworld, criminal genre. After two years of intensive research, Chopper came to a cinema near us. There’s no doubt that’s the film’s punch line underneath the violence. For further details, including the full program from Tuesday, July 12, visit the MIFF website.“Apparently he feels no pain.” Mick Harvey, screen composer for the film Chopper, enlightens me about the film’s main character. The 2022 Melbourne International Film Festival runs from Thursday, August 4–Sunday, August 28 at a variety of venues around Melbourne and Victoria, and online. For more information or to buy tickets, head to the Melbourne International Film Festival and Hear My Eyes websites. Hear My Eyes' Chopper screenings with Springtime + Mick Harvey start touring the country in August. Saturday, August 27 - 6pm, City Recital Hall, Sydney Wednesday, August 17 - 6.15pm and 9pm, The Astor Theatre as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival Tickets for the Sydney show go on sale at 9.30am on Thursday, June 16. Outside of MIFF, Hear My Eyes will bring its Chopper performance to the New South Wales capital, at City Recital Hall, at 6pm on Saturday, August 27. That big-screen date with Uncle Chop Chop is all well, great and fantastic for Melburnians, with tickets on sale from 10am on Thursday, June 16 - but it's also excellent for Sydneysiders, too. It'll also pair its visuals with a brand-new original live score, as spearheaded by Mick Harvey, member of the Bad Seeds, and the musician who originally gave Chopper its soundtrack.Īs well as composing the new score, Harvey will be joined by supergroup Springtime - featuring Gareth Liddiard from Tropical Fuck Storm and The Drones, Jim White from Dirty Three and Chris Abrahams from The Necks - to play it live. Twenty-two years after it first hit cinemas, the exceptional Andrew Dominik ( This Much I Know to Be True)-directed flick will grace The Astor Theatre's big screen for one night only, on Wednesday, August 17, with sessions at 6.15pm and 9pm. Get ready to revisit the role that made Eric Bana an international movie star, and to dive back into one of the most infamous crime tales in Australian history. It's as unique a movie-going experience as you can get, even if you've seen the feature in the spotlight countless times before - and for MIFF 2022, another exceptional film is getting the Hear My Eyes treatment. With movies such as Drive, Girlhood, Suspiria and Two Hands, MIFF has brought beloved and classic flicks back to the big screen, accompanied by a live - and all-new, completely original - score that's played while film lovers sit, watch and listen. For the Melbourne International Film Festival, its Hear My Eyes gigs are one such standout. Every film festival has its highlights, and its events that make each specific fest special.
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