September 2016
A
country girl hits her head and ends up in a dream in the Land of Oz
She is gifted a pair of red shoes by the good fairy and goes off on a
journey to see The Wizard accompanied by three friends – one with
no brain, one with no heart, and one with no courage. Sounds
familiar? Welcome to 1976’s “Oz: A Rock and Roll Road Movie”aka
“20th Century Oz” for American release.
In
1976, Australian music film clip pioneer Chris Lofven adapted the
Wizard of Oz to a (then) contemporary setting in rural Victoria and
Melbourne. In recent years, the term “Ozploitaion” has been
appropriated to define certain films of this period, and it seems
that Oz has been overlooked. See Hear wish to bring it back to public
awareness.
Bernie,
Tim and Maurice welcome Mike White of The Projection Booth back to the
show to discuss whether the adaptation was successful, the Australian
film renaissance of the Seventies, andthe great Australia versus
America debate on whether to compact a word with “ie”or
“er”(listen to the show - it will make sense). Mike was also kind
enough to allow us to include a snippet of a recent interview he did
with actor Bruce Spence which reveal his recollections on the making
of the film.
Also,
Bernie reveals his love of Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
But
wait…..there’s more. Maurice had the great fortune to speak with
Ian McFarlane, music journalist and the author of the“Encyclopedia
of Australian Rock and Pop”. Ian is a wealth of knowledge about
anything to do with Australian rock music through its entire history.
They discuss the music of “Oz”, the filming locations, Ross
Wilson (the film’s main music contributor), Chris Lofven’s music
background and previous short films and much more.
See
Hear want to thank Mike and Ian for giving so willingly of their time
and knowledge to the show.
Special
note: All sound problems prevalent in the previous episode have been
ironed out.
You
can (and SHOULD) download the Projection Booth from iTunes or
http://projection-booth.blogspot.com
2017
will see the new edition of Ian’s Encyclopedia of Australian Rock
and Pop”. He is currently a contributor to
http://addictedtonoise.com.au
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