Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of…

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You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said,...

You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said,...

I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian.

I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian.

Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a...

Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a...

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that...

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that...

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version...

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version...

The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture...

The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture...

I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind...

I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind...

People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off....

People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off....

There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them....

There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them....

Most Australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and...

Most Australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and...

So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the...

So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the...

Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they...

Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they...

After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a...

After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a...

Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you...

Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you...

A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived...

A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived...