With Love to the Person Next to Me

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| name = With Love to the Person Next to Me

| image = With_Love_to_the_Person_Next_to_Me_1987.jpg

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| director = Brian McKenzie

| producer = John Cruthers

| writer = Brian McKenzie

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| starring = Kym Gyngell
Paul Chubb
Sally McKenzie
Barry Dickins

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| cinematography = Ray Argall

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| released = {{Film date|1987}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget = AU $120,000[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Brian+McKenzie&bl Interview with Brian McKenzie, 18 September 1995]. Retrieved 19 October 2012

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With Love to the Person Next to Me is a 1987 film directed by Brian McKenzie and starring Kym Gyngell.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p119-120

Cast

Kym Gyngell as Wallace
Paul Chubb as Syd
Sally McKenzie as Gail
Barry Dickins
Peter Hosking
Mark Mitchell as Salesman in Taxi

Production

The film was funded by the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria and was shot over three weeks on 16mm.Jan Epstein, "With Love to the Person Next to Me", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p235

Release

According to McKenzie the film ran for three weeks in a Melbourne cinema, got reviews and didn't make any money:

It's all about the sounds that you hear, the sounds that you replay, the various sounds that represent the different parties in the flats and how they impinge on the lead character's life.

The film is a good example of the tough and thoughtful indi films made in the 80's and earlier with tiny crews and penny farthing budgets. It has been restored (by Ray Argall, the films cinematographer)

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094334/ With Love to the Person Next to Me] at IMDb
[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/with-love-to-the-person-next-to-me With Love to the Person Next to Me] at Oz Movies

Category:Australian drama films

Category:Films shot in 16 mm film

Category:1980s English-language films

Category:1980s Australian films