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Dalmas (film)

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Dalmas
Directed byBert Deling
Written byBert Deling
StarringPeter White
CinematographySasha Trikojus
Production
company
Apogee Films
Release date
  • November 1973 (1973-11)
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

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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

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Production

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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

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

References

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  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
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