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Strictly Ballroom (1992)

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342 - Strictly Ballroom (Festival Fever!)

This week, Festival Fever gives us our first Baz! Strictly Ballroom gave then-stage director Baz Luhrman his debut film, one of a number of Australian comedies that would achieve cult followings in the US. But this tale of young ballroom dancers who take artistic license and fall in love on the way also became a hit at the Toronto International Film Festival, winning the coveted People's Choice Award. With a spring release the next year, the film is the only one of Luhrman's to not be nominated by Oscar in any category.

This episode, we talk about the maximalist appeal of Baz and the road to TIFF's People's Choice Award becoming such an Oscar predictor. We also discuss the film's first success as a midnight film in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, star Tara Morice's exquisite performance, and the film's surprise strong showing with BAFTA.

Topics also include Kath & Kim, "Time After Time," and the 1993 Golden Globe musical/comedy lineup.

The 1993 Academy Awards

The 1992 Toronto Film Festival

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Cosi (1996), dir. Mark Joffé

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W 💀 T C H I N G

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God, I don’t know if I’ve ever held my breath with more anticipation than I just did watching Miranda Otto’s episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Specifically, when you could see the exact moment that her face registered the information that her DNA results didn’t match with the German ancestry she’d researched on her father’s side.

And then she says, “Either my dad is not my dad, or Ron is not my father’s dad.”

…and my GOD did my heart break for her, in that moment. I breathed such a sigh of relief when it was revealed that she was in fact her dad’s biological child, but it was her grandfather with whom she shared no biological DNA. I had a feeling that would be the case, since I doubted her mother would’ve agreed to appear in the show if they were going to expose the fact that she’d had an affair, but still. Watching Miranda realize she is not biologically an “Otto” was devastating. 😭

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Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Director: Baz Luhrmann DOP: Steve Mason Production Design: Catherine Martin Art Direction: Martin Brown

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Kiss or Kill (1997) Bill Bennett

January 9th 2024

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This is a clip of an old Miranda Otto interview shared by Gracie Otto.