Country: Australia
Year: 1991
Duration: 1991
Dusty Hearts is a black comedy about one man's destiny. Sax Elthan is a hapless musician, a refugee from the inner city. Rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to the outback to look for work. One burning Wednesday he finds himself beside a highway waiting for a lift, contemplating his future. It arrives in the shape of a beatup Volkswagen with a wardrobe tied to the roof. The car swerves to miss him and the wardrobe falls off; its door opens to reveal a woman. Although Sax is unaware of it, this event is the turning point in his life. A few hours later at a roadhouse, an argument over an egg roll will seal his fate forever Sax will then be launched on his new life in a small travelling show. There Sax finds love, a sense of belonging, and a growing fan club.
"Black asphalt.
Red dust.
Blue sky.
This is the setting for Dusty Hearts. My visual approach to Dusty Hearts has been inspired by the early desert landscapes of painter Jeffrey Smart. His work has a dreamlike surreal quality which emphasizes the effects of time and climate on the landscape and on architecture." (Pauline Chan)
Biography
film director
Pauline Chan
Pauline Chan was born in Saigon and moved to Hong Kong when she was still a teenager. There she began an acting career. For the last several years she has been living in Australia, where she has begun to direct her first film works.
FILMOGRAFIA
Strike Me Lucky (cm, 1989), The Space Between the Door and the Floor (cm, 1989), Hang Up (cm, 1990), You Can't Catch Me (cm, video, 1991), Dusty Hearts (1991).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Pauline Chan.
Screenplay: Alec Morgan.
Director of photography: Roman Baska.
Art director: Terri Kibbler.
Editor: Andrew MacNeil.
Musica e suono: Anthony Partos.
Director of Production: Mariel Beros.
Cast and characters: Geoff Morrell (Sax), Desirée Smith (Tiffany), Roger Ward (Mr. Hai), James Steele (Shorty), Peter Corbett (Glen), Julie Godfrey (Babs).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Australian Film, Television & Radio School, PO. Box 126, North Ryde NSW 2113, Australia, tel. 028056455, fax 028871030.
Screenplay: Alec Morgan.
Director of photography: Roman Baska.
Art director: Terri Kibbler.
Editor: Andrew MacNeil.
Musica e suono: Anthony Partos.
Director of Production: Mariel Beros.
Cast and characters: Geoff Morrell (Sax), Desirée Smith (Tiffany), Roger Ward (Mr. Hai), James Steele (Shorty), Peter Corbett (Glen), Julie Godfrey (Babs).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Australian Film, Television & Radio School, PO. Box 126, North Ryde NSW 2113, Australia, tel. 028056455, fax 028871030.
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