Pure Shit
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Director Bert Deling Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 15 August 1975 (Perth International Film Festival)
7 May 1976 (Australia) Writer Bert Deling, Anne Hetherington, Alison Hill, John Hooper, Ricky Kallenda, John Laurie, David Shepherd, John Tulip, Bob Weis Music director Martin Armiger, Red Symons Screenplay Bert Deling, Bob Weis, Anne Hetherington Cast Anne Hetherington (Sandy), Helen Garner (Jo), Carol Porter (Gerry), Phil Motherwell (Ed), John Laurie (John), Gary Waddell (Lou)Similar movies Trainspotting , Almost Famous , Requiem for a Dream , French Connection II , A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan , Drugstore Cowboy Tagline Humour... in a black vein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pure Shit (censored as Pure S) is a 1975 Australian drama film directed by Bert Deling.
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When the film premiered at Melbourne’s Playbox in May 1976, the Vice Squad raided the theatre. It was initially banned, then given an R certificate, and the title was changed from Pure Shit to Pure S.
The low-budget film provoked a hostile reaction from the mainstream media on its initial release. It is now considered an "underground" classic.
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Plot summary
A young woman dies of a heroin overdose. Four junkies who knew her commandeer her car and spend 24 hours searching the streets of Melbourne for good quality heroin, and excitement.
Cast
Production
The film's budget was partly provided by the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council and partly by the Buoyancy Foundation, an organisation to help drug takers. Bert Deling says he was particularly influenced by Jean Renoir and Howard Hawks.
Lead actor Garry Waddell says he helped with the script:
It was really good having Bert there because he helped me a lot. If you weren't sure of anything you could always get reassurance from him or the cameraman, Tom Cowan. It wasn't a hard movie to work on because it was so enjoyable. The relationships between people on the film were always good.
Release
The Commonwealth film censors initially banned the movie but allowed it to be released with an "R" rating provided the title was changed from Pure Shit to Pure S. Deling later said that the film "played two weeks at Melbourne’s Playbox and had a short Sydney run … but very few people got to see it, and we didn’t make a cent from it." The movie was polarising, with the critic of the Herald calling it "the most evil film that I've ever seen" but others such as Bob Ellis championing it.
The film was released on DVD in 2009.
References
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