Trouble in the Brotherhood: 'The Devil's Playground' Revisted

From: Metro : Media & Education Magazine | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Wilshire, Peter | Copyright information

'THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND' (FRED SCHEPISI, 1976) IS ONE OF THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN FILMS. BY PETER WILSHIRE

AN uncompromising, unconventional and controversial film at the time of its release, The Devil's Playground was the first feature by Fred Schepisi, who wrote, directed and produced it, and went on to become a pivotal figure in the so-called renaissance of the Australian film industry in the 1970s and 1980s - an era which also spawned Tim Burstall, Peter Weir, Phillip noyce, Bruce Bere...

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