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expanded
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OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
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Edits - Part 2
Two very famous
women showing some flesh
The rare sight
of a Reese Witherspoon
nipple
The Eva Mendes butt is
seen more frequently,
but I never get tired of
it.
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Petersen
(1974)
Johnny's
comments:
Let's head back to the
70s.
Petersen is a
1974 drama about a
renaissance man named Tony
Petersen (Jack Thompson),
an electrician and former
footy star who has taken
time out from his job to
go to university, all the
while encouraged by his
doting wife Susie (Jacki
Weaver) as she looks after
their 2 kids. At
university, he is a
struggler, but he's doing
a good job fitting in,
mainly with one of his
lecturers, the married
Trish (Wendy Hughes), with
whom he is having a
passionate affair. It
seems that Petersen is
quite the lady killer,
even in front of his wife.
He's also a big drinker
and a brawler and you know
how these go together. As
the relationship with
Trish develops, things for
Petersen get more and more
complex until it ends with
a burst of extreme
violence as he desperately
tries to come to terms
with his new life.
Wow, Petersen, from the
writer of Don's Party and
the director of Alvin
Purple and Stork (and
Attack Force Z, can't
forget that little
corker), is one hell of a
film that is very much of
the time, so much so it
seems like science
fiction. Petersen pretty
much has to walk in a room
and every woman wants to
sleep with him. His wife
is one of the most
submissive wives I've ever
seen in film, she seems
unreal. Were/Are woman
really that dismissive of
themselves? The sexism is
a given for a 70s film,
but at least it addresses
it and then throws it
against the wall when
Trish calls one character
a nymphomaniac even though
she is having an affair
with Petersen. The
violence in the film seems
unbelievable, but after
thinking about it a
little, I don't think it's
that far removed for a
notorious brawler. The
rape scene is very sudden
and I can't make up my
mind about it's meaning.
I'm still struggling to
get my head around the
film but it has definitely
got me thinking. It's a
strong and often ugly look
at a man trying to find
himself, even if it's not
a perfect film, it's
definitely something. Plus
Jack Thompson's drunk
acting is a hoot and he's
regularly drunk and
violent in this film.
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