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I made it to the Maleny Festival of Australian Film last friday, partly because I really wanted to see Aaron Pederson in 'Mystery Road', and also because the producer, David Jowsey was guest speaker.
Hoping that he would be an approachable kind of guy, I printed off the screenplay of 'Heat', and emailed him the sysnopsis in advance.
David started it off with an amusing talk on the making of this low budget movie. As Holden wouldn't sponsor them by giving them a police car, they hired one from Avis, replaced the new panels, mirrors and windscreen with second hand ones, shot the hell out of the car, put the original bits back, and returned it to Avis.
'Mystery Road' was a stunning movie: beautiful, powerful, riveting and menacing.
Aaron Pederson's performance was utterly convincing. The director, Ivan Sen, has conjured outstanding realism, not just from the stellar cast, but also from aboriginal children in the Queensland towns they were filming in.
As soon as the movie finished, I spotted David on the pavement outside, congratulated him on the film, and asked him to read my script.
He couldn't have been nicer, and promised to read it within the next few weeks.
I now have my figers firmly crossed and am checking my emails three times a day, in hope.
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