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form y separately published work icon The Coca-Cola Kid single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Selected Stories Frank Moorhouse , 1982 selected work short story
Note: Denny Lawrence (additional dialogue)
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 The Coca-Cola Kid
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Adapted from Frank Moorhouse's short stories 'The Americans,' 'Baby,' and 'The Electrical Experience,' first published in Selected Stories (later known as The Coca Cola Kid), this offbeat, mildly satiric comedy concerns an eccentric American Coca-Cola sales executive who is sent to Australia on a troubleshooting mission.

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Dusan Makevejev : The Wolf and the Teddy Bear Phillip Lopate , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Salmagundi , Spring no. 178-179 2013; (p. 159-173, 224)

'Lopate discusses filmmaker Dusan Makavejev consideration and enthusiasm to remake the movie The Blue Light. There was a refreshingly amoral suspension of disbelief to Makavejev's enthuisasm–at the very least, a reluctance to make the usual condemning judgments preferring to exhibit a baffled wonderment of his favorite word "Incredible!" He was an advocate of liberation, especially sexual liberation, but also warned of the violence that could be unleashed when the self-repressive character armor breaks down–or in political terms, when idealism gives way to the urge for domination.' (Publication abstract)
The Movie : Working With Makavejev Frank Moorhouse , 1988 single work prose humour
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 December 1988; (p. 45)
— Appears in: Lateshows 1990; (p. 81-128)
The Movie : Working With Makavejev Frank Moorhouse , 1988 single work prose humour
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 December 1988; (p. 45)
— Appears in: Lateshows 1990; (p. 81-128)
Dusan Makevejev : The Wolf and the Teddy Bear Phillip Lopate , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Salmagundi , Spring no. 178-179 2013; (p. 159-173, 224)

'Lopate discusses filmmaker Dusan Makavejev consideration and enthusiasm to remake the movie The Blue Light. There was a refreshingly amoral suspension of disbelief to Makavejev's enthuisasm–at the very least, a reluctance to make the usual condemning judgments preferring to exhibit a baffled wonderment of his favorite word "Incredible!" He was an advocate of liberation, especially sexual liberation, but also warned of the violence that could be unleashed when the self-repressive character armor breaks down–or in political terms, when idealism gives way to the urge for domination.' (Publication abstract)
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Last amended 21 Oct 2010 14:12:41
Dusan Makavejev
Subjects:
  • 1980s
Settings:
  • Country towns,
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