Bruce Beresford’s 1976 film, set at an election eve party in 1969, follows a group of Labor supporters who begin the night celebrating, then commiserating with infidelity and booze
arly on in Bruce Beresford’s 1976 sex comedy Don’s Party, the debauched Grainger Cooley arrives, seemingly empty box in hand , and shouts at his host: “This is more like a morgue than a party!” In some ways, Cooley’s verdict foreshadows the emptiness that Beresford and David Williamson carve out in this film, set over the course of an election eve party in 1969.
Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Whitlam’s reforms would have to wait another three years, because Gorton won the election. He proceeded to establish the foundations for the film industry, which included the creation of the Australian Film and Television School and the Australian Film Development Commission. Beresford’s film can be seen as an appraisal of the local film industry between Gorton’s win and his film’s release in 1976 – a period that came to be known as the start of the Australian New Wave.
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