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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life: With David Stratton, Jill Bilcock, Jacki Weaver, P.J. Hogan. For most people, movies are entertainment. For one man, they're a way of life.
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- 2017-03-09
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Feb 6, 2017 · Review. David Stratton: A Cinematic Life review – a poignant portrait of a beloved cinephile. Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and more salute Stratton in a film that fuses the critic’s...
- Looking Back on Life
- And Now For Something Completely Different…
- Examining The Details
- Conclusion
Starting with his childhood back at England in 1946, Stratton’s fascination with watching films and documenting his experiences started with the British film The Overlanders. Spending all his free time watching everything that hit the cinema, the film documentsStratton’s journey from England to Australia, where a job at the Sydney Film Festival sta...
These pieces start to feel like interruptions because Stratton’s life stories and retellings of his various experiences are genuinely interesting and present the film critic in a new light. There’s quite a few stories and elements of Stratton‘s life that I was never aware of before seeing this documentary and I found most of them quite surprising a...
Another problem that these history segments cause is that they heavily overtake the running time of the documentary (which is just under 100 minutes). Due to the focus on these parts, many details about David Stratton’s life are left out. Huge chunks of Stratton‘s life are glossed over, most notably his 10 year time of doing At the Movies with Marg...
Despite these elements, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life is a genuinely sympathetic and warmhearted look at one of Australia’s most prominent media figures. Whilst frequently disruptive and seemingly erratic in nature, the diverse look at Australia’s cinematic history and its relation to Stratton’sabsorbing background provides plenty of material fo...
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May 22, 2017 · Movie Reviews. ‘David Stratton: A Cinematic Life’ : Film Review | Cannes 2017. Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and more appear in Sally Aitken's documentary love letter to a...
Stephen Dalton Hollywood Reporter A Cinematic Life ultimately serves as a comprehensive and absorbing primer on a century of Australian cinema.
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Mar 13, 2017 · David’s life and love for Australian cinema are at the centre of a new documentary David Stratton – A Cinematic Life, which has been directed by veteran filmmaker Sally Aitken. It is as much about his journey as it is about the history of Australian cinema.
