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'NITRAM looks at the events leading up to one of the darkest chapters in Australian history in an attempt to understand why and how this atrocity occurred. Currently in production in Victoria.'
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Works about this Work
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Devastating Portrait of a Killer
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 October 2021; (p. 13)
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV -
'Nitram' Review : Story of Port Arthur Massacre Perpetrator Claims Urgency but Lacks Insight and Coherence
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV 'There is a scene early on in Nitram, Justin Kurzel's bull-headed portrait of the man responsible for the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in which leading man Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) leans on a car horn for an interminable 30 seconds.' -
Film About Earlier Life of Port Arthur Gunman, Nitram, Still 'Too Raw' For Many Tasmanians
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2021;'It's been a quarter of a century since the worst massacre in modern Australian history.'
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‘It’s Still Really, Really Raw’ : Port Arthur Massacre Film Nitram Premieres in Hobart to Half-empty Cinema
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 October 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV'The controversial film’s first Tasmanian screening was described as ‘like going to a funeral’. How will it be received in a town that won’t speak the killer’s name?'
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Nitram Review : New Film about Port Arthur Perpetrator Is Uncomfortable Viewing, but Not for the Reasons You Might Expect
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 28 September 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV'A film about the perpetrator of Australia’s worst mass shooting was always going to be controversial. After 25 years, Tasmania’s Port Arthur massacre — in which 35 people were killed and scores more injured — is still raw for many Australians.'
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An Eye on the Outlier
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 182 2021; (p. 56-59)
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV -
Depths of Sorrow
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 9-15 October 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV 'Scrupulously avoiding exploitation, Justin Kurzel’s Nitram allows space for the aspects of violence that escape comprehension. By Christos Tsiolkas.' -
Nitram Review : New Film about Port Arthur Perpetrator Is Uncomfortable Viewing, but Not for the Reasons You Might Expect
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 28 September 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV'A film about the perpetrator of Australia’s worst mass shooting was always going to be controversial. After 25 years, Tasmania’s Port Arthur massacre — in which 35 people were killed and scores more injured — is still raw for many Australians.'
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‘It’s Still Really, Really Raw’ : Port Arthur Massacre Film Nitram Premieres in Hobart to Half-empty Cinema
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 October 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV'The controversial film’s first Tasmanian screening was described as ‘like going to a funeral’. How will it be received in a town that won’t speak the killer’s name?'
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'Nitram' Review : Story of Port Arthur Massacre Perpetrator Claims Urgency but Lacks Insight and Coherence
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2021;
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV 'There is a scene early on in Nitram, Justin Kurzel's bull-headed portrait of the man responsible for the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in which leading man Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) leans on a car horn for an interminable 30 seconds.' -
Film About Earlier Life of Port Arthur Gunman, Nitram, Still 'Too Raw' For Many Tasmanians
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2021;'It's been a quarter of a century since the worst massacre in modern Australian history.'
Awards
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Direction in Film
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Original Screenplay
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
- 2021 winner AWGIE Awards — Feature Film - Original