Lust and Revenge
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| director = Paul Cox
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| writer = Paul Cox
John Clarke
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| starring = Nicholas Hope
Gosia Dobrowolska
Claudia Karvan
Chris Haywood
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| released = {{Film date|1996}}
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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Lust and Revenge is a 1996 film directed by Paul Cox. It was shot in South Australia.[http://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/2072861080/Interview-with-Paul-Cox-director-of-Lust-and-Reven Interview with Paul Cox for the SBS Movie Show] accessed 15 November 2012{{cite news|title=The blighted vision of Paul Cox|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend|date=19 August 1995|first=John|last=Larkin|page=21-25}}
The movie was the last film performance of John Hargreaves.
Plot
Georgina Oliphant (Claudia Karvan) commissions her friend Lily Carmichael (Victoria Eagger) to create a sculpture for a new wing at the National Gallery. Georgina's wealthy father George (Chris Haywood), who owns a pharmaceutical company, is giving her daughter the money so he can use it as a tax deduction.
Karl Heinz (Nicholas Hope) is chosen as the model for the sculpture and plans to use his $10,000 fee to put a down payment on a cottage. His wife Celia (Gosia Dobrowolska) is not enthusiastic about Karl posing and is caught up in a new age religion led by Baba Charles (Norman Kaye). Celia wants Karl to ask George for money for her religion.
Georgina has a history of mental instability. One night she attacks the house of her ex-husband and her therapist puts her on a new medication. It causes Georgina's libido to increase and she seduces Karl.
Cast
- Nicholas Hope as Karl-Heinz Applebaum
- Gosia Dobrowolska as Cecilia Applebaum
- Claudia Karvan as Georgina Oliphant
- Victoria Eagger as Lily Carmichael
- Chris Haywood as George Oliphant
- Norman Kaye as Baba Charles
- Ulli Birvé as Anna
- Wendy Hughes as George's Advisor
- John Hargreaves as Gallery Sleaze
- Robert Menzies as therapist
Production
Cox had intended to make a film Suicide of a Gentleman but Film Victoria decided not to finance the film arguing it had invested $1,224,000 into his last four films and received very little in return. Cox had a crisis of confidence. He then wrote a first draft of Lust and Revenge which was received positively by the head of the South Australian Film Corporation. Cox brought in John Clarke, with whom he had collaborated on Lonely Hearts to work on the script. The film was shot over five weeks in Adelaide in August 1995. Wendy Hughes made a cameo in drag.
Reception
Cox was nominated for Best Director at the 1996 AFI Awards.
The Sun Herald said the film was Cox's "most accessible in years... isn't especially memorable - it's a mood piece."{{cite news|newspaper=The Sunday Herald Tempo
|date=20 April 1997|page=20|title=Paul Cox on money and friends}}
Cox later said "I think it should have been much more popular in Australia, actually, because it is quite accurate about the whole operation here."[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Paul+Cox&bl "Interview with Paul Cox", Signet, 13 January 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121209070803/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Paul+Cox&bl |date=9 December 2012 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0116944}}
- [https://letterboxd.com/film/lust-and-revenge/ Lust and Revenge] at Letterbox DVD
- [http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=150&s=reviews Lust and Revenge] at Urban Cinefile
- [https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/lust-and-revenge-1997/8880/ Lust and Revege] at Screen Australia
- [https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/lust-and-revenge Lust and Revenge] at Oz Movies
- [https://archive.today/20121230170036/http://www.paulcox.com.au/site/item.cfm?item=5FD4BA1BC29F442E6FBCFDFCD4DDC92D Lust and Revenge] at Paul Cox's website
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Category:Films directed by Paul Cox
Category:1996 comedy-drama films
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