The Great Gamble: Baz Luhrmann’s high stakes Gatsby puntIt was one thing for Australian director Baz Luhrmann to take on the almighty task of bringing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to the big screen. It was another to do it in 3D, writes Michael Cieply.
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My Cup Of Tea: Taxpayer dollars head to Hollywood
In screen policy, an open-ended and uncapped tax subsidy is considered a good thing. The bigger the film, the larger the tax-payer contribution, writes Ben Eltham.
Secret $40 million windfall for Great Gatsby despite no koalas, kangaroos
A storm is brewing over the $40 million set to be paid out to Baz Luhrmann’s Hollywood blockbuster The Great Gatsby, with angry film industry insiders saying the decision ignores the main game of proper investment in local productions.
Australia’s not the bomb they’d have you believe
An unwillingness to break a decade-old tradition of Oz film bashing may be infecting Australian reporters’ abilities to sensibly interpret a simple list of figures writes Michael Griffiths.
A cup of tea previews Baz Luhrmann’s Australia
We Aussies are so filled with hate
