Image: the power of mateship shines through so many film deals between men. This shot comes from The Water Diviner, powered along by James Packer’s connection with Russell Crowe. © Diviner Holdings Pty Ltd 2014. Photo: Mark Rogers.
James Packer is an imposing and intensely physical man who lives by the strange rules of a public figure with a huge income. It is not surprising that his world feels a bit Shakespearian, full of deals that are really alliances between forces that court each other but are also based on simple affection.
