Favorite films set in states in which you've lived

Favorite films set in states in which you've lived Jun 12, 2017 0:25:40 GMT spiderwort likes this

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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 12, 2017 0:25:40 GMT

Jun 11, 2017 23:32:59 GMT Matthew the Swordsman said:

Not a favourite, but I have a soft spot for the 1952 b-movie "Night Club", since it is (as far as I know) the only 1950s feature film set in present-day Victoria (Australia).

The Glenrowan Affair (1951) The story of Ned Kelly and his gang, was "filmed in Kelly country", near the Victorian country town of Benalla.

The familiar story is framed by director Rupert Kathner, appearing as an artist sketching the landscape around Benalla. The films Victorian premiere was in the township of Benalla on 3rd April 1952.

The film is an experience one must see to belive ! , it has been cited as one of the the worst Australian films ever made.
A scathing review from the Sunday Herald on 19th August 1951 wrote...
"This near-unendurable stretch of laboured, amateurish film-making is something that the developing Australian film industry will wish to forget - swiftly and finally...The script is dreary, the photography more often out-of-focus than in, the editing is unimaginative and the acting petrified. It would be misplaced kindness, in fact, to try and ferret out a redeeming feature.
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