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Box Office 23 May 2016

A Month of Sundays, Pawno and Sherpa are now joined by Highly Strung. Be a while before we get another mainstream hit.

25 May 2016 12:00

David Tiley

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Image: Scott Hicks, director of Highly Strung

Sharmill documentary Highly Strung, made by Scott Hicks about a string quartet, took $16,152 on its first weekend, on ten screens to take $1,576/screen. The Adelaide Film Festival audience last year was pretty happy, and I personally found the internal tensions in the group fascinating. It is really about the compulsions behind making art, and the havoc they create, so it combines a musical and a cultural audience. If they bother to come.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.