Yeah, finally, a feature film is being made about East Timor, but whether it'll be any good is another question. This happened over thirty years ago, but nobody's touched it - Aussie self-censorship to avoid ofending Indonesia, I guess.
There's plenty of stuff in the history of East Timor that would make a good film, and they're only using a fraction of it. You don't need to dumb down or sex up to do a good thriller.
By the way, "tediously boring" is a tautology, like "appallingly awful" or "dead corpse". In fact, the word "boring" is only used by immature and inarticulate people with short concentration spans.
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ken_westmoreland
15 years ago
I saw a preview of it - very well done. It didn't dumb down, and certainly didn't sex up. I recently visited Dili and passed through the border area near Balibo, so it had even more resonance. It's released in Australia on 13th August - but no word on how long the rest of the world will have to wait.
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Billy_Jack_2
15 years ago
Looking forward to seeing this film, I've heard so much about the real life events that took place, about time they showed how shocking it really was even if its through a film. Australian goverment hushed it all up coz they didn't want to offend Indonesia, and while I love the Indonesians and am going there later this year, what they (the soldiers) did to these men was sick and evil, feel sorry for the family of the men. I'm hoping this is going to be a great aussie film.
You think thats your husband, you think his going to come and save you don't you?
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