Beyond Reason (1970 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Beyond Reason
| image =
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| director = Giorgio Mangiamele
| writer = Oriel Gray
Robert Garlick
| based_on = a story by Giorgio Mangiamele
| producer = Giorgio Mangiamele
| starring = George Dixon
Maggie Copeland
Ray Fellows
Louise Hall
Ollie Ven Skevics
| cinematography = Giorgio Mangiamele
| editing = Russell Hurley
| music = Enzo Marciano
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1970}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
| budget = $130,000Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p249
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Beyond Reason is a 1970 Australian post-apocalyptic drama film.
Plot
Nuclear war breaks out and the staff and patients of a mental hospital take refuge in an underground bunker and accidentally get locked in. Discipline soon disintegrates and the patients, led by Richard, start to resist authority. Richard devises a scheme for a new social order where the sane will take no part. The doctors try to resist but are ultimately overcome.
Cast
- George Dixon as Dr Sullivan
- Magie Copeland as Marion
- Ray Fellow as Dr De Groot
- Louise Hall as Rita
- Ollie Ven Skevics as Richard
- John Gauci
- Pat Palmer
- Robert Henderson
- Victor Pandov
- Glenda Wynack
- Tom Melvold
- Joan Hall
- Lola Russell
- Andrew Gaty
Production
The film marked an attempt by Giorgia Mangiamele to make a more commercial feature than his first, being shot in colour, and using professional writers. The budget was raised by private investors and Magiamele's camera and recording equipment were sold after shooting to help pay lab charges. It was shot over three weeks in August 1968 mostly at a large underground room at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Release
Although the film obtained distribution from Columba Pictures, commercial reception was poor.David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p275Graeme Cutts, "Giorgio Mangiamele", Cinema Papers, October 1992 p21
The director expressed dissatisfaction with the final product, saying that "I had no time to make the images look good. It was shot in a couple of weeks for TV."[http://sensesofcinema.com/2001/14/mangiamele_quentin/ Quentin Turnour, 'Giorgio', Senses of Cinema, 13 June 2001] accessed 18 Sept 2012
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130502/ Beyond Reason] at IMDb
- [http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/beyond-reason Beyond Reason] at Oz Movies
Category:Australian action adventure films
Category:Australian post-apocalyptic films
Category:Films about nuclear war and weapons
Category:Films shot in Melbourne
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:1970s Australian films
Category:English-language action adventure films
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