Question... - Puberty Blues (1981) Discussion

In Australia, reasonably well known, especially by 30 and 40-somethings.

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The film was very well known and the book was exceptionally well known as became part of many highschool English classes.

I think both girls are still writing-at least I have seen Nell Schofield's name on credits for ABC shows.

Sadly I did not live in Cronulla or by the beach so the surfie chick was unknown to me. I am short fat and hairy and could barely swim let alone surf , so I think that even if I had been on the beaches I think all the surfie chicks would have seen past me just as women do to this day.

A lot to be said for innocent carefree days-alien to this competitative multi-cultural over populated world in which we live.

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[–] niceiceflea518 18 years ago

i was wondering the same thing
also...i just saw parts of the movie recently..how does the lead male die???

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[–] jmasters-4 18 years ago

I'm pretty sure it was a cocaine overdose, he was getting really into drugs...

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[–] kc83 10 years ago

Heroin

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[–] sam_casper 18 years ago

Most Australian kids know of this movie...

The book was the one book in the schools collection that everyone wanted to borrow...

I first saw the movie a few years ago and loved it! I had known about it since i was about 12 or 13 (im 24 now...) it only came to dvd in australia about 4 or 5 years ago.

I grew up near the beach not that particular one but its a perfect depiction of how it really is/was...!!!

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[–] jtsaward 18 years ago

Well i've been waiting 25 years to see this movie.. i was 11 or 12 when it was at the cinema & being advertised on TV.. would love to have been able to see it at that time but was too young... picked it up on sale today.. first time i had seen it at a discounted price.. about to watch now... wonder if it will be worth the wait.

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[–] jtsaward 18 years ago

Not bad.. typical Aussie from that era... i think i would have really enjoyed it if i could have watched it in my teens.... still enjoyed it but could have related to it more back then.

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[–] catherine-seal 18 years ago

I moved to Sydney (from Melbourne) as an adult in the late nineties and one of the first things I did when my brothers came to visit was to drive down to the infamous Cronulla beach to see where the "slack-arsed moles" abounded.

We loved this film as kids/young teenagers (probably too young to be watching it really) and my brothers (only about 9 or 10 at the time) had a lot of the dialogue memorised from watching it over and over on video. One of my brothers now works for the company that distributes this film on dvd and recently sent me a copy. Can't wait to watch it again!

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[–] Calypso47 17 years ago

VERY well-known!!

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[–] kimirox 17 years ago

I only just heard about it today because we're watching it in Society and Culture

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[–] blakjak_cc 17 years ago

The book was mandatory reading in most english calsses during the early to mid 80's, the 'No retreat-No surrebder' took over. :)
Natrually any movie featuing teenage sex issues was popular, especially since 12yo kids weren't supposed to watch it ("ewe mum, what's a period?"). :)

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[–] dustbyte 17 years ago

Also i was pretty sure it was a heroin overdose, not cocaine.

"Get us a chiko roll, and don't take any bites on the way back"
"I'm 1st, your 2nd and your slops.. but i was slops last week"

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[–] eclipt8 16 years ago

it was a heroin overdose

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[–] sheyenne 10 years ago

Discovered this charming gem at my local library (Chicago, IL USA) in the VHS tape collection. If it's not "popular", it is pretty significant.

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