Films Set in Melbourne (Film Guide) - Animal Kingdom (Film), Chopper (Film), Death in Brunswick, Dogs in Space, Ground Zero (1987 Film), He Died with a (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 35. Chapters: Animal Kingdom (film), Chopper (film), Death in Brunswick, Dogs in Space, Ground Zero (1987 film), He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film), Joffa: The Movie, Macbeth (2006 film), Malcolm (film), Monkey Grip (film), Mr. Nice Guy (1997 film), My Year Without Sex (film), One Perfect Day, On the Beach (1959 film), Romper Stomper, Salaam Namaste, The Castle (film), The Wog Boy, Travelling North, Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos. Excerpt: He Died with a Felafel in His Hand is a 2001 Australian comedy, starring Noah Taylor. The film draws on the memoir of the same name and consists of a series of vignettes from a young man's experience of sharing accommodation with a variety of characters. There also exists a graphic adaptation of the novel. The film begins with a pre-credits prologue in which Danny (Noah Taylor), the protagonist and narrator, enters the lounge of the flat he's staying in to ask that the television volume be reduced. Entering the room, Danny finds his friend and roommate Flip (Brett Stewart) sitting in an easy chair in front of the TV holding a falafel sandwich aloft. Flip fails to respond to Danny's calls and Danny discovers that Flip is dead. The scene then flashes back in time, nine months prior to Flip's death, to Brisbane, where Danny and Flip are sharing accommodations in a large, old Queenslander with several quirky roommates. The Queenslander is a single-storey house with a steeply pitched roof set about a full storey above the ground on stilts with wooden stairways leading up to the front and back doors. The house, whose walls are made of light wooden slats to prevent the heat from being trapped indoors, is surrounded by broad, screened verandas, except in the back, where the kitchen, dining area, and bathroom are. The rooms on the other three sides all have openings into the house as well as onto the verandas. There is a broad corridor leading straight from the front door to the back door, right through the lounge in the center of the house. Further air circulation is facilitated by large, hinged transoms adjacent to the ceiling in each of the interior walls. In the warm Queensland winter, Taylor (Alex Menglet), a Russian with military obsessions who is significantly older than his 20-something housemates, is committing random acts of violence, such as teeing off on bullfrogs with golf clubs. Observing Taylor through the slatted windows of the kitchen and dining area, Danny,