Friday, October 10, 2008

Australia

Tourism Australia is releasing an advert directed by Baz Luhrmann, the director of Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge and Strictly Ballroom to name a few. He's made a film called Australia and is using the advert to promote both tourism for his native homeland and his new film. It's about an over-worked woman in New York who is being harangued on the phone by her boyfriend, "we need to get away, I don't know you anymore!" and in a dream she is approached by a young aboriginy boy.

I think the advert is great, the quality is obviously of feature film standards alone. I like the link between the boy releasing red dust from his hand and the dive into the Australian lake - a good cut point between 'real life' and vacation land!


4 comments:

tolenti said...

Me encantó!Me iria ahora mismo a Australia!

Ana Celia said...

¡ What a beautiful place. I want to go there! nice, very nice.

I c a i o said...

viste! Da ganas. I've never been but would love to go.

Unknown said...

Wow!! Qué increíble el anuncio, no?? Cuando estuve en Londres hubo un ciclo de cine australiano en el Prince Charles, ja! Buenísimo! Repartían hamburguesas en la entrada del cine!!
Creo que las tres películas que has citado del director son las tres únicas que ha hecho (bueno, ahora creo que acaba de terminar otra). Alguna vez leí un reportaje en el que ponían en paralelo su carrera meteórica como director con la de Amenabar (salvando las distancias)
Un abrazo Ricardoooo!!!!