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Adaptation of
The Phallic Forest
1972
single work
short story
Issue Details:
First known date:
1972...
1972
The Phallic Forest
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Film Details - Kit Guyatt and Michael Wilding , 1972
Producers:
Kit Guyatt
Michael Wilding
Finance Organisations:
Australian Council for the Arts - Experimental Film and Television Fund
Director of Photography:
David Sanderson
John Rhodes
Composer:
John Sangster
Cast:
Incl. Nina Knight, Robert Adamson, Nigel Roberts, Edna Wilson, Judith Fisher, Victoria Anoux, Michael Lawrence.
Notes:
1. Produced in association with the New South Wales Film-makers Co-op.
2. Guyett and Wilding were awarded a grant of $2,000 in 1970 by the Australian Council for the Arts' Experimental Film and Television Fund.
3. The film's sexual content (including phallic images), created some controversy when released. Produced as an independent film, it is now considered by some critics to be ground-breaking for its time.
4. Guyatt and Wilding could not interest either commercial television or commercial cinema exhibitors with the film and it was subsequently made available for limited release, mostly at $18.00 screenings on university campuses and at independent cinemas.
