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| Went to the Sydney Film Festival to see the premiere of Kriv Stenders’ new GoBteweens documentary Right Here, in which I appear (a lot!) as a sort of star witness-cum-bad cop. I will resist my usual instinct to add more grist to the mill – the film does that quite adequately enough itself (it's amazing how raw and partisan the first break-up of this band still is, thirty years after the event) – suffice to say the film is good, I think, striking a pretty fair balance (though it might have been nice to see a bit of screen-time for Glenn and Adele), and from a personal point of view, I’m just glad it doesn’t quote me saying anything any more incendiary than the trailer suggested. Of course, the review I like best is the one that said, "One of the documentary’s pleasures is the comments by documenter and habitué of the Australian post-punk scene, Clinton Walker. He’s another Brissie boy who has known the band since its beginnings and is not afraid to pull his punches. His direct, no BS comments bring levity to what is mostly an earnest exercise replete with sadness and regret" - what I want! You can read the review in full here. The film will be broadcast later in the year on ABC-TV, so check it out then… |
 |  With Kriv Stenders and film editor Karryn de Cinque |
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