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'The chronicle of the life and great love of Otto Bloom, an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse – passing backwards through the years while remembering the future.' (Source: Screen Australia website)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Review – Faux Doco Takes Low-risk Approach to High Concept
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 July 2016;
— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom 2016 single work film/TV -
Film Offspring
2016
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 July 2016; (p. 19) -
Jasper Jones among Finalists for CinefestOz, Australia's Richest Film Festival Prize
2016
single work
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2016; 'West Australian film Jasper Jones has been chosen as a finalist for Australia's richest film festival prize and is set to have its world premiere screening at the event. ...' -
Making up for Lost Time
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 July 2016; (p. 6)
— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom 2016 single work film/TV 'In The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, the inventive Australian feature that opens the 65th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), the movie's enigmatic protagonist, Xavier Samuel's Otto Bloom, reveals to the world he is experiencing time in reverse. Our unknown future is the past he already knows, but he bears no memory of what's already occurred. ...'
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Making up for Lost Time
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 July 2016; (p. 6)
— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom 2016 single work film/TV 'In The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, the inventive Australian feature that opens the 65th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), the movie's enigmatic protagonist, Xavier Samuel's Otto Bloom, reveals to the world he is experiencing time in reverse. Our unknown future is the past he already knows, but he bears no memory of what's already occurred. ...' -
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Review – Faux Doco Takes Low-risk Approach to High Concept
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 July 2016;
— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom 2016 single work film/TV -
Jasper Jones among Finalists for CinefestOz, Australia's Richest Film Festival Prize
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2016; 'West Australian film Jasper Jones has been chosen as a finalist for Australia's richest film festival prize and is set to have its world premiere screening at the event. ...' -
Film Offspring
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 July 2016; (p. 19)
Awards
- 2017 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Original or Adapted
- 2017 winner AWGIE Awards — John Hinde Award for Science Fiction — Produced Script
- 2017 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Original Screenplay
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