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Pia Smith on Somersault's burden.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-OCT-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pia Smith on Somersault's burden.(Movie Review)

Article Excerpt
According to Terry Lane (Sunday Age, 19/9/04), the protagonist of Cate Shortland's debut feature film, Somersault, is 'a masterpiece of a metaphorical representation of the good old Oz--a character who is ready and willing to have sexual intercourse with any passing bloke, just to see where it leads. Sound like any country you know?' In doing so, he demonstrates nicely the kind of burden Australian feature releases are asked to bear--the pressure to represent the nation, in the eyes of ourselves and in the eyes of 'the world'. When Lane wrote his piece, Somersault had been released nationally only three days but its journey as a carrier of...

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