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Dalmas
Directed byBert Deling
Written byBert Deling
StarringPeter White
CinematographySasha Trikojus
Production
company
Apogee Films
Release date
November 1973
Running time
103 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$10,000[1]

Dalmas is a 1973 Australian film directed by Bert Deling. One critic wrote that "with Dave Jones’ Yackety Yack [the film] constitutes the clearest presence of Godard in Australian cinema."[2]

Plot

An ex-cop, Pete Dalmas, is pursuing a drug runner Mr Big. He visits another ex-cop, Rojack, who has become a drug addict. Rojack gives him a lead to a drug dealer called the Plastic Man. He follows the Plastic Man to a seaside camp and the film turns into a film about the making of the film, with the director and actors discussing filmmaking and drugs.

Cast

Production

The film was shot over four years. Half the budget was provided by the Experimental Film and Television Fund.[1]

Many people who worked on it were associated with the Pram Factory Theatre in Melbourne.[3]

Release

The movie was not widely screened however it was given a commercial season at the Australia Twin Cinema in Melbourne.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p273
  2. ^ Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past, 23 Nov 2008 Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine accessed 28 Sept 2012
  3. ^ Robin Laurie, 'Some recollections of Life in the APG., The Pram Factory accessed 28 Sept 2012