Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Peter Whitford | Written by Eleanor Whitcombe | Directed by Gillian Armstrong
In the 19th century, on a remote Australian farm, teenager Sybylla (Judy Davis) dreams of a life of culture. Definitely a dreamer rather than a doer, she is shipped around various pockets of her extended family, mostly with a view to finding a matriarch who can curtail her “godless” behaviour. Everyone fails; and when she meets Harry (Sam Neill), she finds a muse for her mischievous energy. The obvious next step is marriage, particularly when you consider that the moneyed Harry is willing to wait years for Sybylla’s hand. But marriage is not Sybylla’s way. She is a young firebrand who is fiercely defensive of her independence. The push and pull between duty and independence is the basis for what becomes a very nuanced and involving character study.
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In the 19th century, on a remote Australian farm, teenager Sybylla (Judy Davis) dreams of a life of culture. Definitely a dreamer rather than a doer, she is shipped around various pockets of her extended family, mostly with a view to finding a matriarch who can curtail her “godless” behaviour. Everyone fails; and when she meets Harry (Sam Neill), she finds a muse for her mischievous energy. The obvious next step is marriage, particularly when you consider that the moneyed Harry is willing to wait years for Sybylla’s hand. But marriage is not Sybylla’s way. She is a young firebrand who is fiercely defensive of her independence. The push and pull between duty and independence is the basis for what becomes a very nuanced and involving character study.
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- 5/27/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Gill(ian) Armstrong’s breakthrough feature does a leapfrog over stories like Little Women, with heroines that prevail even when adhering to the Meek Sex role of their time. Judy Davis’s Sybylla Melvin knows that she’s a freckle-faced pain in the neck: despite being proud that she’s attracted the local male catch, her every sinew is committed to her goal of artistic expression and self-fulfillment. The setting is the turn-of-the-century Australian Outback but the story is universal. Sam Neill suffers through the best ‘thankless’ romantic role ever.
My Brilliant Career
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 973
1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 100 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date April 30, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Aileen Britton, Patricia Kennedy.
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi
Film Editor: Nicholas Beauman
Original Music: Nathan Waks
Written by Eleanor Witcombe from the novel by Miles Franklin
Produced by Margaret Fink...
My Brilliant Career
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 973
1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 100 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date April 30, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Aileen Britton, Patricia Kennedy.
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi
Film Editor: Nicholas Beauman
Original Music: Nathan Waks
Written by Eleanor Witcombe from the novel by Miles Franklin
Produced by Margaret Fink...
- 4/30/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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