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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... no. 71 1978 of Overland est. 1954 Overland
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Notes

  • This issue of Overland discusses the evolution of the film The Child from the outline entitled The Jetty by Hal Porter to the film version directed by Tim Burstall. The discussion, with the overall title of 'Tension on the Reel' includes fifteen pages of stills from the film.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Jetty: Outline for Segment of the Film Libido The Jetty : The Original Story Outline, Hal Porter , single work prose (p. 4-8)
Comments on 'The Jetty' : Response to Hal Porter's Story, Tim Burstall , single work criticism (p. 9-10)
The Child, Tim Burstall , single work film/TV
The second of four short films that comprise the feature film Libido, 'The Child' is set during the 1910s. The protagonist is a child whose father has left. The boy watches as first his mother and then his governess have affairs with a local man, with tragic consequences. The story deals essentially with the child's inner emotions and the disturbance that sudden exposure to overt sexuality in an adult world can cause.
 (p. 11-21)
The Author's Initial Response - Segment from an Interview, extract interview
This extract is probably from an interview by the Producers' and Directors' Guild of Victoria of Hal Porter. Porter quotes from this interview in his criticism The Author's 1977 Views : Afterthoughts.
 (p. 22)
The Directors Talk, Tim Burstall , David Baker , John B. Murray , Fred Schepisi , single work interview
Burstall, Baker, Murray and Schepisi discuss Hal Porter's outline The Jetty and Tim Burstall's adaptation of the outline into the film The Child.
 (p. 22-24)
The Author's Afterthoughts The Author's 1977 Views: Afterthoughts : Hal Porter, Hal Porter , single work criticism
Hal Porter expresses his unhappiness with the adaptation of his film outline The Jetty by Tim Burstall for Burstall's film The Child.
 (p. 24-27)
The Final Rally : Tim Burstall, Tim Burstall , single work criticism

Tim Burstall's response to Hal Porter's criticism of Burstall's adaptation of Porter's film outline The Jetty.

 (p. 26-27)
Winning Posti"At the finish there was a post", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 43)
The Stormi"Untidy heat: winds", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 46)
Australia : Variations on the Theme `Australia' After Reading Variations on the Theme `The Mail' by Rainer Kunzei"When Australia", Rudi Krausmann , single work poetry (p. 54)
The Dates are All Seti"The distinguished overseas guests are bashful, lonely as hell", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 55)
Yellow Robini"The Yellow Robin bold and chipper", Frank Kellaway , single work poetry (p. 55)
Alternative Society Blues, Eric Beach , single work poetry (p. 56)
The Water Poemsi"The simple current", Dorothy Porter , extract poetry (p. 57)
The Gods in Occupied Territory, Graham Rowlands , single work review
— Review of The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes S. K. Kelen , 1978 selected work poetry ; In Occupied Territory Eric Beach , 1977 selected work poetry ; Shakti Rae Desmond Jones , 1977 selected work poetry ; (p. 58-60)
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