Lesley Devlin
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Lucky Lehrer, drummer from US punk band The Circle Jerks, states that the hardcore movement of the early 1980s grew out of a desire to tell President Regan and ‘normal’ America to stick the American Dream ‘up their asses’. American Hardcore, directed by Paul Rachman with a screenplay by Stephen Blush, documents the spread of this radical subculture across America.
The film intersperses interviews with live footage of the bands. Hardcore was strictly a do-it-yourself movement that received no support from any authority figures. Concerts were held at friends’ parties, people’s …
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Grace Phan’s documentary, A Hero’s Journey, charts Xanana Gusmao’s journey from fisherman, poet, guerilla leader to President, through his relationships with the people and the land of East Timor’a beautiful country full of blue water beaches, emerald mountains, deep jungle terrain and villages where the people seem as striking and as full of colour as the landscape. Seen through Gusmao’s eyes this film opens with a terrifying poem recited by the President over scenes of beautiful, rugged countryside.
From the safety of Australia, it is difficult to comprehend the suffering of …
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