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Strangerland: tough terrain for an actors’ director

For Strangerland, director Kim Farrant dealt with the awesome experience of Nicole Kidman and the innocence of a fifteen year old model. How did she do it?

15 Jun 2015 12:00

David Tiley

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Still: Production still from Strangerland

Strangerland is not your usual Australian fare. It can be seen as a film about the hunger for intimacy, for love, for touch, for self, and how that hunger grows terrifying and voracious when it is repressed. And the way in which that need is expressed for men and women through their differing sexual identities and their public roles.

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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.