WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN (1996)
Randwick Ritz, Sydney:
6:00 PM
Monday May 05
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
6:00 PM
Monday May 12
Rating: MA15+
Duration: 102 minutes
Country: Australia
Language: English
Cast: Martin Jacobs, Gillian Jones, Jacek Koman, Angie Milliken
Director: John Hughes
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MELBOURNE TICKETS ⟶
6:00 PM
Monday May 05
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
6:00 PM
Monday May 12
Rating: MA15+
Duration: 102 minutes
Country: Australia
Language: English
Cast: Martin Jacobs, Gillian Jones, Jacek Koman, Angie Milliken
Director: John Hughes
SYDNEY TICKETS ⟶
MELBOURNE TICKETS ⟶
4K RESTORATION – WORLD PREMIERE
“In the hands of director John Hughes this material is transformed into a fragmented, cool film that utilises many techniques, associated with art cinema….an impressive film that provides many entry points for the viewer by supplying just enough character development and narrative motivation to engage on an emotional level.” Geoff Mayer, The Oxford Companion to Australian Film
There are very few Australian films which draw their style and inspiration from European art cinema and the work of such masters as Alain Resnais and Chris Marker. What I Have Written, based on a novel by John Scott, is however such a film. It draws on those sources to present a twisting and complex narrative, intertwining two love stories – the first an erotic drama set in Australian academia, the second a story which draws on black and white photography and the Parisian setting from Marker’s legendary La Jetée. John Hughes, otherwise a master documentary maker for close to fifty years, took a detour into fictional drama that resembles the literary work of Marguerite Duras, Alain Robbe-Grillet and Michel Butor. As such it stands almost alone in the Australian cinema. The world premiere of this 4K restoration will be both a unique experience and a reminder that the Australian cinema has just occasionally been more than echoes of BBC drama, broad comedy and American genre re-treads.
Introduced by John Hughes at Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas
A discussion with the filmmaker will be held after the screening in the upstairs mezzanine at the Ritz in Sydney and in the discussion space off the foyer at the Lido in Melbourne
“In the hands of director John Hughes this material is transformed into a fragmented, cool film that utilises many techniques, associated with art cinema….an impressive film that provides many entry points for the viewer by supplying just enough character development and narrative motivation to engage on an emotional level.” Geoff Mayer, The Oxford Companion to Australian Film
There are very few Australian films which draw their style and inspiration from European art cinema and the work of such masters as Alain Resnais and Chris Marker. What I Have Written, based on a novel by John Scott, is however such a film. It draws on those sources to present a twisting and complex narrative, intertwining two love stories – the first an erotic drama set in Australian academia, the second a story which draws on black and white photography and the Parisian setting from Marker’s legendary La Jetée. John Hughes, otherwise a master documentary maker for close to fifty years, took a detour into fictional drama that resembles the literary work of Marguerite Duras, Alain Robbe-Grillet and Michel Butor. As such it stands almost alone in the Australian cinema. The world premiere of this 4K restoration will be both a unique experience and a reminder that the Australian cinema has just occasionally been more than echoes of BBC drama, broad comedy and American genre re-treads.
Introduced by John Hughes at Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas
A discussion with the filmmaker will be held after the screening in the upstairs mezzanine at the Ritz in Sydney and in the discussion space off the foyer at the Lido in Melbourne
THE RESTORATION
Source: DCP John Hughes
The Restoration per Ray Argall
Director: John Hughes; Production Company: Early Works; Producers: John Hughes, Peter Sainsbury; Script: John A Scott, based on his novel; Photography: Dion Beebe; Editor: Uri Mizrahi; Production Design: Sarah Stollman; Art Direction: Fiona Greville; Set Decoration: Jill Eden; Costume Design: Kerri Mazzocco; Sound Design, Music: John Phillips and David Bridie with Helen Mountford
Cast: Martin Jacobs (Christopher/Avery), Gillian Jones (Frances/Catherine), Jacek Koman (Jeremy), Angie Milliken (Sorel/Gillian), Margaret Cameron (Clare Murnane), Nick Lathouris (Claude Murnane)
Australia | 1996 | 102 Mins | 4K DCP | Colour, B&W| English | MA15+
The Restoration per Ray Argall
Director: John Hughes; Production Company: Early Works; Producers: John Hughes, Peter Sainsbury; Script: John A Scott, based on his novel; Photography: Dion Beebe; Editor: Uri Mizrahi; Production Design: Sarah Stollman; Art Direction: Fiona Greville; Set Decoration: Jill Eden; Costume Design: Kerri Mazzocco; Sound Design, Music: John Phillips and David Bridie with Helen Mountford
Cast: Martin Jacobs (Christopher/Avery), Gillian Jones (Frances/Catherine), Jacek Koman (Jeremy), Angie Milliken (Sorel/Gillian), Margaret Cameron (Clare Murnane), Nick Lathouris (Claude Murnane)
Australia | 1996 | 102 Mins | 4K DCP | Colour, B&W| English | MA15+