Metro Australia — January 2018

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EIGHT YEARS SINCE HIS INIMITABLE TALE OF YOUNG LOVE,

SAMSON&DELILAH, TOOK ONE OF THE TOP PRIZES AT CANNES,

WARWICK THORNTON HAS ONCE AGAIN ROUSED AUDIENCES

THE WORLD OVER – THIS TIME, WITH A SPIN ON THE WESTERN

CENTRING ON AN ABORIGINAL FUGITIVE COUPLE ESCAPING

ILL-APPLIED JUSTICE AND THE WHITE COLONISTS HOT

ON THEIR TRAIL.NICHOLAS GODFREYINVESTIGATES THE

INFLUENCES, INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES AND THEMES THAT

INFUSE THIS FILM REPLETE WITH POLITICAL URGENCY.

COLONISATION AND THE WESTERN IN

WARWICK THORNTON’SSWEET COUNTRY

Bitterness

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