September 2018
The
history of cinema is littered with films that have nostalgia for a
simpler time in the writer or director’s life. Often they’re done
with quite a bit of distance which creates a sense of wistfulness.
Then
there’s Dogs In Space.
Welcome
to Episode 56 of See Hear Podcast.
This
month our beloved Tim was relocating to Toronto after many years in
Seoul, so he took the month off from gasbagging about movies while
settling in. Bernard and I settle in the second of our requests for
the year. Michael Benton, film studies lectuter at Kentucky College
requested we tackle the 1986 film from Richard Lowenstein Dogs In
Space based on Lowensein's recolletions of the wild and fun times
living in a share household in the inner suburb of Richmond in
Melbourne. The house is populated with punks, hippies, a lothario
quoting socialism, and the worst sounding punk band around.
The
film is less of a narrative and more a slice of life. Unlike other
films devoted to nostalgia (like American Graffitti), Dogs is set in
the very recent past from the time Lowenstein filmed it. He was able
to freshly recount the exciting times he'd had, while looking at the
very point where the fun stopped and the parties ended. The film came
under fire for focusing more on the fun and hedonism of his youth and
less on the tragedy of heroin use. RL said it was his youth to
document s he saw fit....and the heroin use is not painted lightly.
Bernard
and myself discuss the punk scene of the day, Melbourne punk venues,
Nick Cave, Michael Hutchence, rocker versus art school rivalries, and
lambs as pets. We hope you enjoy the discussion.
NOTE:
I realised later on that every time I mention the name Sam Sejavka
(the real life singer of The Ears, who Michael Hutchence's character
is based on), I say "Sevajka". My apologies for my
tardiness. Please don't start a flame war on this.
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