If conservative elements within the Australian screen industry had had their way, Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries either may never have made it to the screen, or the protagonist could have been a very different character.
The issue? Some people who controlled the purse strings objected to Phryne Fisher.s free-wheeling, no-strings-attached love life.
Every Cloud Productions. Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger, co-creators of the popular 1929-set ABC show starring Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Ashleigh Cummings, encountered. industry sexism- from males and females-. during development and production of the first series.
.Early in our development process, Phryne.s morality was queried by some in the long chain of investors that Australian television series need in order to be realised,. Cox writes in the latest edition of Aftrs' Lumina magazine, which is dedicated to gender equality in the screen industry.
.Was she too promiscuous? Should her sexual encounters...
The issue? Some people who controlled the purse strings objected to Phryne Fisher.s free-wheeling, no-strings-attached love life.
Every Cloud Productions. Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger, co-creators of the popular 1929-set ABC show starring Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Ashleigh Cummings, encountered. industry sexism- from males and females-. during development and production of the first series.
.Early in our development process, Phryne.s morality was queried by some in the long chain of investors that Australian television series need in order to be realised,. Cox writes in the latest edition of Aftrs' Lumina magazine, which is dedicated to gender equality in the screen industry.
.Was she too promiscuous? Should her sexual encounters...
- 6/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Every Cloud Productions. Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger are set to hire producer/writer teams with the accent on youth as they ramp up development.
The producers of Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, The Gods of Wheat and East of Everything are expanding thanks to funding from Screen Australia.s new Enterprise Industry program.
.This is perfect timing,. Cox tells If. .We had applied to the Enterprise program before. We have produced a lot for a two-person team. Now with renewed resources and energy we can develop a vibrant mixed slate of projects..
Every Cloud.s Parlay program will see the funding allocated to projects in four categories including an international co-production, a Western Australian-based family drama and a multi-platform drama.
Cox says she and Eagger are evaluating a number of ideas for the international co-pro which will be bigger and more ambitious than anything they.d done before.
The...
The producers of Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, The Gods of Wheat and East of Everything are expanding thanks to funding from Screen Australia.s new Enterprise Industry program.
.This is perfect timing,. Cox tells If. .We had applied to the Enterprise program before. We have produced a lot for a two-person team. Now with renewed resources and energy we can develop a vibrant mixed slate of projects..
Every Cloud.s Parlay program will see the funding allocated to projects in four categories including an international co-production, a Western Australian-based family drama and a multi-platform drama.
Cox says she and Eagger are evaluating a number of ideas for the international co-pro which will be bigger and more ambitious than anything they.d done before.
The...
- 3/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Andrew finds lots to like in this thoughtful movie about Dylan Thomas
The first time I saw Andy Goddard's work, it was in the 2006 Torchwood episode Countrycide, which featured John Barrowman kneecapping cannibals with a shotgun.
Set Fire To The Stars, directed and co-written by Goddard with actor Celyn Jones, is visually impressive, but also immeasurably more lyrical and thoughtful than you might be expecting. This is less of a surprise considering its subject matter: the story of Dylan Thomas's first visit to New York (his death in the city was dramatised in the recent BBC drama A Poet in New York, with Ewen Bremner playing the same role Elijah Wood does in this film).
Here, Jones plays Dylan Thomas, visiting 50s New York (Swansea), Connecticut (Swansea) and Yale (also Swansea) at the request of Elijah Wood's lapsed poet, the academic John Malcolm Brinnin. Through a combination of monochrome,...
The first time I saw Andy Goddard's work, it was in the 2006 Torchwood episode Countrycide, which featured John Barrowman kneecapping cannibals with a shotgun.
Set Fire To The Stars, directed and co-written by Goddard with actor Celyn Jones, is visually impressive, but also immeasurably more lyrical and thoughtful than you might be expecting. This is less of a surprise considering its subject matter: the story of Dylan Thomas's first visit to New York (his death in the city was dramatised in the recent BBC drama A Poet in New York, with Ewen Bremner playing the same role Elijah Wood does in this film).
Here, Jones plays Dylan Thomas, visiting 50s New York (Swansea), Connecticut (Swansea) and Yale (also Swansea) at the request of Elijah Wood's lapsed poet, the academic John Malcolm Brinnin. Through a combination of monochrome,...
- 6/24/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
John Maybury's 2008 romance has Dylan Thomas's wife-swapping and drunkenly brawling private life only half right
The Edge of Love (2008)
Director: John Maybury
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: C+
Dylan Thomas's poetry was first published in the 1930s, when he was still a teenager. His deep, sonorous voice and beautiful language made him a celebrity on the wireless; his most famous work – Under Milk Wood – was written for radio.
Romance
The Edge of Love focuses on the relationships between Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), his wife Caitlin MacNamara (Sienna Miller), Thomas's childhood friend Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) and her soldier husband William Killick (Cillian Murphy). The film claims these two couples were entwined in a messy love quadrilateral.
In real life, Thomas served as best man to the Killicks, and Vera was close to Caitlin, but there is scant evidence for any affairs. There are hardly any mentions of...
The Edge of Love (2008)
Director: John Maybury
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: C+
Dylan Thomas's poetry was first published in the 1930s, when he was still a teenager. His deep, sonorous voice and beautiful language made him a celebrity on the wireless; his most famous work – Under Milk Wood – was written for radio.
Romance
The Edge of Love focuses on the relationships between Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), his wife Caitlin MacNamara (Sienna Miller), Thomas's childhood friend Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) and her soldier husband William Killick (Cillian Murphy). The film claims these two couples were entwined in a messy love quadrilateral.
In real life, Thomas served as best man to the Killicks, and Vera was close to Caitlin, but there is scant evidence for any affairs. There are hardly any mentions of...
- 8/4/2011
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Keira Knightley clashed with her screenwriter mother Sharman MacDonald over their forthcoming movie The Edge Of Love - because the actress refused to play the part her mum had specifically written for her.
Macdonald told her daughter she had penned the role of Caitlin Thomas just for her in the upcoming film about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas - but the 23-year-old had other ideas.
Macdonald recalls, "I said, 'You're playing Caitlin,' and she said, 'No, I like Vera.'"
As a result, the part of Vera Phillips, one of the Welsh poet's love interests, was transformed - to Knightley's liking.
Macdonald adds: "She wasn't even a singer until Keira decided to play her."
The movie is set for its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland on 18 June.
Macdonald told her daughter she had penned the role of Caitlin Thomas just for her in the upcoming film about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas - but the 23-year-old had other ideas.
Macdonald recalls, "I said, 'You're playing Caitlin,' and she said, 'No, I like Vera.'"
As a result, the part of Vera Phillips, one of the Welsh poet's love interests, was transformed - to Knightley's liking.
Macdonald adds: "She wasn't even a singer until Keira decided to play her."
The movie is set for its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland on 18 June.
- 6/5/2008
- WENN
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