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'Fired from his job writing for a weekend magazine, Ted Wilson decides to take a break from Melbourne and visit his family in Hobart. He realises his loss could be an opportunity, a chance to pursue something more meaningful. He happens on an idea: “I want to write something beautiful about cricket. A piece of literary non-fiction. It will in some sense be about Tasmanian batsmen and it will be from the heart.”
'Sensing that a brush with greatness may focus his reflections, Ted embarks half-heartedly on a quixotic search for legendary Australian cricketer and exalted Tasmanian, David Boon. Yet when the search stalls, Ted finds himself immersed in a present-time of infinite riches, reconnecting with his widowed mother and adult siblings now with young children of their own.
'Denuded of narrative fanfare the film begins to operate as a unique documentary portrait of middle Tasmania, rare in its loving commitment to a warm and convivial present. Featuring remarkable performances from a cast comprised solely of the director's immediate family, Under the Cover of Cloud discovers a uniquely Australian tranquillity, drawing attention throughout to the grace of what is so often hidden in plain sight.' (Ted Wilson)
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Works about this Work
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Under the Cover of Cloud : An Interview with Ted Wilson and James Vaughan
Annabel Brady-Brown
(interviewer),
2018
single work
column
interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , December no. 89 2018; -
MIFF 2018: A Melbourne Movement
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 September 2018; -
A Brief Innings with Ted Wilson : Under the Cover of Cloud
2018
single work
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 23 July 2018;
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A Brief Innings with Ted Wilson : Under the Cover of Cloud
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 23 July 2018; -
MIFF 2018: A Melbourne Movement
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 September 2018; -
Under the Cover of Cloud : An Interview with Ted Wilson and James Vaughan
Annabel Brady-Brown
(interviewer),
2018
single work
column
interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , December no. 89 2018;
- Tasmania,