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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Death and Life of Otto Bloom
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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)

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      Optimism Film ,
      ca. 2016 .
      image of person or book cover 1388490996071771544.jpg
      Screen cap from promotional trailer
      Extent: 85min.p.

Works about this Work

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Review – Faux Doco Takes Low-risk Approach to High Concept Luke Buckmaster , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 July 2016;

— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Cris Jones , 2016 single work film/TV
Film Offspring Anna Byrne , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 July 2016; (p. 19)
Jasper Jones among Finalists for CinefestOz, Australia's Richest Film Festival Prize Roxanne Taylor , 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. ...'
Making up for Lost Time Craig Mathieson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 July 2016; (p. 6)

— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Cris Jones , 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. ...'
Making up for Lost Time Craig Mathieson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 July 2016; (p. 6)

— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Cris Jones , 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 Luke Buckmaster , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 July 2016;

— Review of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Cris Jones , 2016 single work film/TV
Jasper Jones among Finalists for CinefestOz, Australia's Richest Film Festival Prize Roxanne Taylor , 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 Anna Byrne , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 July 2016; (p. 19)
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