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The Goddess of 1967The Goddess of 1967

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1. Clara Law: Director & Writer2. Actors – Actresses3. The Story4. The Car5. Comments

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1. Clara Law: Director & Writer1. Clara Law: Director & Writer

Born in Macau, Clara Law graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a degree in English Literature before moving to London to study directing and writing at the National Film and Television School. Her graduation film 'They Say The Moon Is Fuller Here' won the Silver Plaque award at the 1985 Chicago Film Festival.

1. Clara Law: Director & Writer1. Clara Law: Director & Writer

After returning to Hong Kong to work on a number of films, she moved to reside in Melbourne with her husband, Eddie Fong in 1995. She has made seven films to date with many awards won. Major awards include Golden Leopard (Locarno) for 'Autumn Moon' (1992), Silver Leopard for 'Floating Life' (1993), Best Actress (Venice) and Best Director (Chicago) for 'The Goddess Of 1967'.

Part of InterviewPart of Interview

KM: Yes, that’s interesting because you’re not positing – as so many people do – intellectual and spiritual/emotional engagement as being opposed. They’re things that can co-exist side by side in your work they obviously do.

CL: Yes. Films and books that have touched me before are like this and hopefully I’m working toward that goal too.

Interview 9:10 min.

2. Actors - Actresses2. Actors - Actresses

ROSE BYRNE(BG)Currently regarded as one of Australia's most promising young actresses, Rose Byrne first drew attention with her portrayal of Alex in Gregor Jordan's commercial and critical hit TWO HANDS. A graduate of the Australian Theatre for Young People, Byrne made her film debut in Ann Turner's DALLAS DOLL, then scored a regular part in ABC-TV's popular series Heartbreak High.

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RIKIYA KUROKAWA (JM) Though making his feature film debut in THE GODDESS OF 1967, Rikiya Kurokawa's face is a familiar one - certainly in his native Japan, where for some time he has held an exclusive contract with Prada.

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NICHOLAS HOPE (Grandpa) Nicholas Hope is perhaps best known for his tour de force performance in Rolf De Heer's BAD BOY BUBBY, for which he won the 1994 Australian Film Industry Award for Best Actor, and a Best Performance Award at the 1993 Venice Film Festival.

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3. The Story3. The Story

The Goddess of 1967 is the second and latest film made in Australia by Macau-born filmmaker Clara Law. Regarded by some critics as an innovative director, Law, now based in Melbourne, studied English Literature at Hong Kong University before moving to London in the 1980s to attend the National Film and Television School.

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-> French: "Déesee" of Goddess.

-> "JM" = Japanese Man -> "BG" = Blind Girl

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"The Goddess of 1967" is a car, a Citroën DS. A young and rich Japanese has wanted such a car since he saw it in a film he loves. He finds one with help of the internet and travels to Australia to pick it up. Arriving he finds out that the man who sells it, shot himself and he takes the redhaired and blind girl "BG" for a drive accross Australia. The flashback do not always make things clearer, but do make you learn the stories behind the main characters.

4. The Car: Citroën DS4. The Car: Citroën DS

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With its system of front traction, its hydropneumatic suspension and its characteristic silhouette, the Citroën DS was intended to turn the heads, maybe little peolpe could have foreseen the influence which it would exert on the imagination of the motorists and the historians.


Drawn by Flaminio Bertoni, it creates a sensation! After presentation on the Autosalon of Paris (1955) 12000 cars were ordered the first day and 80000 before the weekend. Very quickly it became the preferred car of the motorists in the whole world, it represented a provocant futurism, a homogeneous alloy of engineering and aesthetic principles.

5. Comments5. Comments

“As moody spectacle, The Goddess Of 1967 is a fascinating, superbly crafted work. It occasionally threatens to turn into a conventional mystery-thriller, but deliberately defuses these expectations ... The Goddess Of 1967 is undoubtably one of the most exciting and groundbreaking Australian movies of the year.”

Adrian Martin, The Age.


“ Outstandingly original in both conception and realization…. the direction and acting are excellent, and Byrne’s mesmerizing performance as B.G brilliantly inflected and unpredictable. “

Roderick Conway Morris, International Herald Tribune


“The Goddess of 1967 is touched everywhere by Clara Law’s wonderful whimsy, her gorgeous cinematic aesthetics, her ability to deal with unlikely characters and her unerring sense of structure”

Kay Armatage, Toronto Film Festival.

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8. Credits8. CreditsDirector Clara LawWriters Eddie Ling-Ching Fong & Clara LawCast Rose Byrne as BG

Rikiya Kurokawa as JMNicholas Hope as GrandpaElise McCredie as MarieTim Richards as Drummer Boy

Executive Producers Wouter BarendrechtAkiko FunatsuHelen LoveridgePeter SainsburyMichael J. Werner

Producer Eddie Ling-Ching Fong

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8. Credits8. CreditsOriginal Music Jen AndersonCinematographer Dion BeebeEditor Kate WilliamsCasting Anousha ZarkeshProduction Design Nicholas McCallumCostume Design Annie Marshall

Helen MatherAssistant Director Chris WebbConstruction Coordinator Geoff HoweMusic Score Engineer Ross CockleDialogue Editor Livia RuzicPost-production Assistant Billy BrownePromo Reel Editor Laurie ButlerAssistant Camera Sally Eccleston

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