The Good Looker
{{short description|1995 documentary film}}
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| director = Claire Jager
| producer = John Lewis
| writer = Claire Jager
Michael Jager
| starring = Kerry Armstrong
Mitchell Faircloth
Leverne McDonnell
Paul Upchurch
| music = Paul Grabowsky
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| released = {{Film date|1995}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
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The Good Looker is a 1995 documentary film, created by Claire Jager, about the life of Melbourne artist Joy Hester.{{Citation | last= Dell'oso | first= Anna Maria | title= Feminist light on the life of a tortured artist | url = | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 15 February 1996}}
Reception
In The Age Dennis Pryor says "This is a fascinating piece of work, a most courageous struggle with difficult material."{{Citation | last= Pryor | first= Dennis | title= Television | url = | periodical= The Age | date= 20 July 1996}} Adrian Martin, also in The Age, gives it 3 stars calling it an "imaginative and compelling documentary portrait".{{Citation | last= Martin | first= Adrian | title= Bold plunge into a dramatic life | url = http://www.filmcritic.com.au/reviews/g/good_looker.html | periodical= The Age | date= 24 May 1996}} Jane Freeman in the Sydney Morning Herald writes "This is an elegant and absorbing film, which interweaves acted vignettes with interviews with Tucker, Charles Blackman, Mirka Mora, Hester's sister and her friends."{{Citation | last= Freeman | first= Jane | title=The Joy of art | url = | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 15 July 1996}}
Awards
- 1995 Australian Film Institute Awards
- Best Documentary - Claire Jager - won{{cite book|last1=French|first1=Lisa|last2=Poole|first2=Mark|title=Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute|publisher=Australian Teachers of Media|year=2009|page=257|isbn=978-1-876467-20-3}}
- Open Craft Award - Paul Grabowsky - won
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Category:1995 documentary films
Category:Australian documentary films
Category:1990s English-language films