Ahead of the release of a documentary about her life, the doyenne of the Australian arts reflects on going blind and life with artist Charles Blackman
In the film Seeing from Within, the life of its subject, Barbara Blackman – writer, patron of the arts and one-time wife of Australian painter Charles Blackman – is presented in chronological order, told in her own words. With almost anyone else, this singular focus and absence of other voices could become tiresome, but the life and times of Barbara Blackman is epic.
Blackman, 88, has lived multiple lives, and for this documentary, made by John Swindells, she unpacks them all like Russian dolls. Her 30-year marriage to Charles Blackman, for which she is perhaps most well-known, was only the first act.
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In the film Seeing from Within, the life of its subject, Barbara Blackman – writer, patron of the arts and one-time wife of Australian painter Charles Blackman – is presented in chronological order, told in her own words. With almost anyone else, this singular focus and absence of other voices could become tiresome, but the life and times of Barbara Blackman is epic.
Blackman, 88, has lived multiple lives, and for this documentary, made by John Swindells, she unpacks them all like Russian dolls. Her 30-year marriage to Charles Blackman, for which she is perhaps most well-known, was only the first act.
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- 8/7/2017
- by Brigid Delaney
- The Guardian - Film News
"Stand and deliver, sir!" Dennis Hopper in Philippe Mora's Mad Dog Morgan.
Philippe Mora: Ballad Of A Mad Dog
By
Alex Simon
Born in Paris in 1949, Philippe Mora is a member of one of Australia’s best known artistic families. His parents, Georges Mora and Mirka Mora, migrated to Australia from France in 1951 and settled in Melbourne, where they quickly became key figures on the Melbourne cultural scene. Georges, a wartime resistance fighter, became an influential art dealer, and in 1967 he founded one of the first commercial art galleries in Melbourne, Tolarno Galleries. The Mora family home and restaurants were focal points of Melbourne's bohemian subculture. As a result of this, Philippe and his brothers had what he has described as a "culturally privileged childhood."
Philippe moved to London in late 1967 to pursue painting and filmmaking. He was one of many important Australian artists, writers and others who...
Philippe Mora: Ballad Of A Mad Dog
By
Alex Simon
Born in Paris in 1949, Philippe Mora is a member of one of Australia’s best known artistic families. His parents, Georges Mora and Mirka Mora, migrated to Australia from France in 1951 and settled in Melbourne, where they quickly became key figures on the Melbourne cultural scene. Georges, a wartime resistance fighter, became an influential art dealer, and in 1967 he founded one of the first commercial art galleries in Melbourne, Tolarno Galleries. The Mora family home and restaurants were focal points of Melbourne's bohemian subculture. As a result of this, Philippe and his brothers had what he has described as a "culturally privileged childhood."
Philippe moved to London in late 1967 to pursue painting and filmmaking. He was one of many important Australian artists, writers and others who...
- 12/22/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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