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Sydney Morning Herald
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Cult filmmaker meets cult musician in a documentary that is hard to pin down
ELLIS PARK ★★★ (M) 105 minutes There's a limit to what a film can tell you about anyone in a couple of hours, but where the musician Warren Ellis is concerned, I'll venture this much: part of him wants to hide, while another part wants to be noticed (and perhaps to be noticed hiding). That ambivalence is apparent in his frenzied way of playing the violin with his back to the audience as part of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds or Dirty Three. In Justin Kurzel's intriguing though not especially coherent documentary, he's mostly a solo act. Still, he remains torn between candour and concealment – as we can see from the moment he appears, a skinny, swaying apparition whose swagman's beard, aviator sunglasses and rock star jewellery all form part of the most eye-catching kind of disguise. Ellis' contradictions must be partly what attracted Kurzel, who's better known for his fiction features, though he has a recurring interest in 'true stories' (sometimes grim ones, as in Snowtown and Nitram). The film is wilfully hard to pin down in its own right, employing some of the visual tricks Kurzel has used elsewhere to induce a feeling of instability, such as having backgrounds slide in and out of focus. It's not a conventional music documentary: Ellis is often shown playing, but rarely in public, and there's no attempt to cover the whole of his career, which took off in Melbourne in the early '90s. Nor do we see a great deal of his everyday life in Paris, where he's lived for decades. Nor is this a straightforward environmentalist tract, although the title derives from the Sumatran wildlife sanctuary Ellis co-founded in 2021, allowing animals rescued from traffickers to live out what remains of their lives in peace.
The Age
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Cult filmmaker meets cult musician in a documentary that is hard to pin down
ELLIS PARK ★★★ (M) 105 minutes There's a limit to what a film can tell you about anyone in a couple of hours, but where the musician Warren Ellis is concerned, I'll venture this much: part of him wants to hide, while another part wants to be noticed (and perhaps to be noticed hiding). That ambivalence is apparent in his frenzied way of playing the violin with his back to the audience as part of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds or Dirty Three. In Justin Kurzel's intriguing though not especially coherent documentary, he's mostly a solo act. Still, he remains torn between candour and concealment – as we can see from the moment he appears, a skinny, swaying apparition whose swagman's beard, aviator sunglasses and rock star jewellery all form part of the most eye-catching kind of disguise. Ellis' contradictions must be partly what attracted Kurzel, who's better known for his fiction features, though he has a recurring interest in 'true stories' (sometimes grim ones, as in Snowtown and Nitram). The film is wilfully hard to pin down in its own right, employing some of the visual tricks Kurzel has used elsewhere to induce a feeling of instability, such as having backgrounds slide in and out of focus. It's not a conventional music documentary: Ellis is often shown playing, but rarely in public, and there's no attempt to cover the whole of his career, which took off in Melbourne in the early '90s. Nor do we see a great deal of his everyday life in Paris, where he's lived for decades. Nor is this a straightforward environmentalist tract, although the title derives from the Sumatran wildlife sanctuary Ellis co-founded in 2021, allowing animals rescued from traffickers to live out what remains of their lives in peace.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jacob Elordi Series ‘Narrow Road to the Deep North' Sells to Prime Video in U.S.
Justin Kurzel's 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' the lushly lensed prestige series starring Jacob Elordi as an Australian war hero, has been licensed by Sony Pictures Television to Prime Video in the U.S. Prime Video already had the series in a number of territories and will premiere it on April 18 in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanagan, the Australian drama series was written by Shaun Grant ('Nitram,' 'Mindhunter'). More from Variety Prime Video's Korean Rom-Com 'The Divorce Insurance' Stars Make the Case for Life After Heartbreak: 'Choices That We Make to Become Happier' How to Watch 'Novocaine' Online Stagecoach Festival to Be Livestreamed by Amazon Music, With Immediate Rebroadcasts The limited series is executive produced by Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner of Curio Pictures, a part of Sony Pictures Television, with executive producers Richard Flanagan, Shaun Grant, and Justin Kurzel. They are joined by producer Alex Taussig. Principal production funding is provided by Screen Australia, with assistance from the NSW Government through Screen NSW's Made in NSW and PDV Funds. Elordi stars as Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans, a celebrated World War II hero who is haunted by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and memories of an affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young) that sustained him through the darkest of times in this adaptation of Richard Flanagan's Booker Prize-winning novel. Elordi and Odessa Young star opposite Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds ('Belfast') as the older Dorrigo Evans, Olivia DeJonge ('Elvis'), Simon Baker ('Limbo'), Show Kasamatsu ('Tokyo Vice'), Heather Mitchell ('Ricky Stanicky') and Thomas Weatherall ('Heartbreak High'). The series world premiered to stellar reviews at the Berlin Film Festival with Kurzel and Elordi on the ground. Best of Variety All the Godzilla Movies Ranked Final Oscar Predictions: International Feature – United Kingdom to Win Its First Statuette With 'The Zone of Interest' 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations in Northern Ireland to Open as Tourist Attractions
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jacob Elordi Series ‘The Narrow Road To The Deep North' Sells To Sky, Max, NBCUniversal Ahead Of Berlinale Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Elordi-starring series The Narrow Road to the Deep North has been picked up by Sky and Max in Europe along with NBC Universal in Latin America ahead of its Berlinale premiere. Justin Kurzel's adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning Richard Flanagan novel is the highest-profile TV series to be premiering at the Berlinale this year. We can reveal it has sold to Sky for Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, Max in CEE and NBC Universal for Lat Am. Other deals include RTÉ (Ireland), Movistar Plus+ (Spain), Nova (Greece), AXN (Portugal) and LG Uplus (South Korea). Distributor Sony Pictures Television (SPT) said more sales in the Middle East and Europe are incoming soon. More from Deadline Inanna Sarkis, Gregg Sulkin, Timothy Granaderos & Paris Berelc Sign For Adam Green's Hot Air Balloon Thriller 'Ascent' Ahead Of Malta Shoot - EFM Film Constellation Boards Oscar Hudson's Dark Comedy 'Straight Circle' Produced By 2AM, Magna Studios & Such Korea's Finecut Strikes Distribution Deals For Horror Film 'Noise' & Animation 'Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning' Sony is yet to strike a deal for Narrow Road in the U.S. It will premiere on Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand and Canada on April 18 and has been picked up by the BBC for the UK. The show premieres on Saturday at a Berlinale Special Gala and Elordi and Kurzel are in town. In Narrow Road, Saltburn star Elordi is Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor whose all-too-brief love affair with his uncle's wife, Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young), shaped his life. Told over multiple time periods, the five-parter follows Dorrigo as a Far East prisoner of war during the construction of the Burma Railway. Decades later, he finds his growing celebrity at odds with his feelings of failure and guilt. Based on the 2014 Booker Prize-winning novel by Flanagan, the Australian drama series was written by Shaun Grant (Nitram, Mindhunter) and directed by Kurzel (The Order, Nitram). 'Narrow Road is a sweeping love story with a star-studded cast, anchored by one of today's hottest stars, Jacob Elordi,' said Mike Wald, EVP, International Distribution & Networks, Sony Pictures Entertainment. 'It is beautifully shot, cinematic in scope and, given its five-episode arc, can easily be scheduled across any platform.' Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner of SPT-owned Curio Pictures executive produce. Flanagan, Grant and Kurzel are also executive producers, with Alexandra Taussig serving as producer. Principal production funding is provided by Screen Australia, with assistance from the NSW Government through Screen NSW's Made in NSW and PDV Funds. Best of Deadline A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media Everything We Know About 'The Night Agent' Season 3 So Far 'A Complete Unknown's Monica Barbaro On Finally Meeting The 'Thoughtful And Wonderful' Joan Baez And A Sweet Moment With Ariana Grande
