Illuminations (film)

Illuminations
Directed byPaul Cox
Written byPaul Cox
Produced byTibor Markus
StarringGabriella Trsek
CinematographyPaul Cox
Brian Gracey
Edited byPaul Cox
Russell Hurley
Release date
  • 7 May 1976 (1976-05-07)
Running time
74 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$31,000[1]

Illuminations is a 1976 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's first full-length feature film although he had made numerous shorts beforehand.

Plot

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A couple living together have a tense relationship. The woman's father dies and she becomes preoccupied with death. She almost drowns in the bath but then recovers her enthusiasm for life.

Cast

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Production

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The film was inspired by a dream Paul Cox had in the early 1970s about being trapped in a coffin, seeing people who he had known all his life.[2]

$16,000 of the budget came through the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council, with the rest from private investment. It was released through Melbourne Co-operatives but never recovered its cost.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p196
  2. ^ Tom Ryan, "Making Silence Speak: Interview with Paul Cox", Cinema Papers, July 1977 p18
  3. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 299
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