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John Flaus est un Acteur et Script Editor Australien né le 1 janvier 1934
John Flaus (born 1934) is an Australian broadcaster, actor, voice talent, anarchist and raconteur. He was formerly a prominent film academic and theorist. He was born in Maroubra, Sydney.
In 1953, he was a conscientious objector to military conscription during the Korean War, which he claims was instinctive anarchism:
It was just like in the movies. This bloke on the prosecution asks me, "What would you do if you saw an Asiatic attacking your mother?" – remember this is 1953. I said, "I'd try to stop him". He said, "What if the only way was to kill him?" I said, "I'd kill him." He said. "Well, that's what a soldier does, so why are you objecting to being a soldier?" I said, "Now wait a minute, you asked me what I'd do, what decision I'd take on my own initiative. If I'm a soldier someone else takes the initiatives for me, and that's an entirely different thing." This went on for an hour; at one point they tried to ascertain whether there were any religious grounds on which I wouldn't be a soldier. I said, "No, it seems to me the best soldiers get religion" – and that didn't go down too well either
He attended Sydney University as an undergraduate from 1953 to 1971 eventually attaining an M.A.
John Flaus has been active in the film society movement since 1953,published his first film reviews in 1954, and was sacked during the same year when he wrote that On the Waterfront was right-wing propaganda. He was also a member of the Sydney Push. In the 1960s, he was a member of the Sydney University Film Group and the WEA Film Study Group with such notable people as Frank Moorhouse, Michael Thornhill, John Baxter and Ken Quinnell.
He has lectured on film at various tertiary institutions, was Head of Education at the AFTRS, and designed the original Cinema Studies course at La Trobe University in 1970, the first of its kind in Australia. He became a professional actor in 1977 and has over 100 credits in theatre, film and television.
He was honoured by the Australian Writers' Guild in 1994 for his services as a script editor on various Australian films.
He presented the radio program Film-buff's Forecast with fellow film critic Paul Harris on 3RRR from 1980 to 1989.
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In 1953, he was a conscientious objector to military conscription during the Korean War, which he claims was instinctive anarchism:
It was just like in the movies. This bloke on the prosecution asks me, "What would you do if you saw an Asiatic attacking your mother?" – remember this is 1953. I said, "I'd try to stop him". He said, "What if the only way was to kill him?" I said, "I'd kill him." He said. "Well, that's what a soldier does, so why are you objecting to being a soldier?" I said, "Now wait a minute, you asked me what I'd do, what decision I'd take on my own initiative. If I'm a soldier someone else takes the initiatives for me, and that's an entirely different thing." This went on for an hour; at one point they tried to ascertain whether there were any religious grounds on which I wouldn't be a soldier. I said, "No, it seems to me the best soldiers get religion" – and that didn't go down too well either
He attended Sydney University as an undergraduate from 1953 to 1971 eventually attaining an M.A.
John Flaus has been active in the film society movement since 1953,published his first film reviews in 1954, and was sacked during the same year when he wrote that On the Waterfront was right-wing propaganda. He was also a member of the Sydney Push. In the 1960s, he was a member of the Sydney University Film Group and the WEA Film Study Group with such notable people as Frank Moorhouse, Michael Thornhill, John Baxter and Ken Quinnell.
He has lectured on film at various tertiary institutions, was Head of Education at the AFTRS, and designed the original Cinema Studies course at La Trobe University in 1970, the first of its kind in Australia. He became a professional actor in 1977 and has over 100 credits in theatre, film and television.
He was honoured by the Australian Writers' Guild in 1994 for his services as a script editor on various Australian films.
He presented the radio program Film-buff's Forecast with fellow film critic Paul Harris on 3RRR from 1980 to 1989.
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Tracks (2013)
, 1h52Réalisé par John Curran
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Biographie, Aventure
Thèmes La mer, Transport
Acteurs Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth, Jessica Tovey, Rainer Bock, Robert Coleby
Rôle Sallay
Note70%
Dans les années 1970, Robyn Davidson traverse l'Australie accompagnée de son chien et de quatre chameaux en direction de l'Océan Indien. Rick Smolan, un photographe du National Geographic, fait un reportage sur son voyage.
I Love You Too (2010)
, 1h43Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie romantique, Romance
Acteurs Brendan Cowell, Peter Dinklage, Yvonne Strahovski, Megan Gale, Bridie Carter, Steve Bisley
Note59%
Ce qui est important c'est l'amitié, la signification des relations et le courage de conquérir celle ou celui qu'on aime. Jim, un trentenaire immature qui n'arrive à déclarer sa flamme à sa petite-amie, Alice, risque de la perdre.... C'était sans compter sur l'aide de son futur pote le nain qui trouve les mots qu'il faut...
Mary et Max (2009)
, 1h30Réalisé par Adam Elliot
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Animation
Thèmes L'adolescence, Le thème de l'éducation, L'enfance, Maladie, La mer, Transport, L'enfance marginalisée, Folie, Le handicap, L'autisme, Harcèlement à l'école
Acteurs Bethany Whitmore, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, John Flaus
Rôle Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
Note80%
Mary est une petite fille australienne solitaire et disgracieuse âgée de 8 ans. Tête de turc des garçons de son école, elle décide d'écrire à un correspondant choisi au hasard dans un annuaire de New York, espérant se faire un ami. Max Horowitz, 44 ans, Juif solitaire, obèse et atteint du syndrome d'Asperger, répond à sa lettre. Ils deviennent ainsi de grands amis pour les années qui vont suivre...
BoyTown (2006)
, 1h28Genres Comédie, Comédie musicale
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Wayne Hope, Bob Franklin, Lachy Hulme, Gary Eck
Rôle Priest
Note54%
BoyTown, the greatest boyband of the eighties and the group that started the boyband phenomenon leave their terrible & bad-paying lives for one last crack at the big time. They return to the stage with slightly older fans and slightly larger pants to complete some unfinished business. These days they spend less time singing about tears, eternity, angels and their 'baby' and more time singing about divorce, shopping and picking up the kids from school & working the nearby Coles, construction site or the nearest radio station in Melbourne (with dinner).
Three Dollars (2005)
, 1h58Réalisé par Robert Connolly
Genres Drame
Thèmes La mer, Transport
Acteurs David Wenham, Sarah Winter, Frances O'Connor, Julia Blake, John Flaus, Elspeth Ballantyne
Rôle Old Man Williamson
Note61%
The film and book tell the story of Eddie (David Wenham), a principled man with a seemingly stable and happy life. He has a wife, the academic Tanya (Frances O'Connor), a daughter, Abby (Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik), is paying off a house and has a job as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and realises he has only the 'three dollars' of the title to his name.
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
, 22minutesRéalisé par Adam Elliot
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Animation
Acteurs Geoffrey Rush, John Flaus
Rôle Harvie (voice)
Note78%
L'histoire raconte la vie de Harvek Milos Krumpetzki, né en Pologne en 1922. Lorsque éclate la seconde Guerre mondiale, il émigre à Spotswood en Australie en tant que réfugié, et change son nom en Harvie Krumpet. Malgré une vie marquée par la malchance (il est atteint du syndrome de Tourette, il est touché par la foudre, et perd l'un de ses testicules), Harvie conserve un optimisme à toute épreuve. Il épouse une infirmière et ils élèvent une fille adoptive, un enfant de la thalidomide. Dans l'une des scènes clés du film, Harvie est assis dans un parc près d'une statue du poète latin Horace et entend l'injonction : « carpe diem », qui le pousse à apporter des changements dans sa vie. Il devient naturiste et s'engage pour les droits des animaux.
L'Antenne (2000)
, 1h41Réalisé par Rob Sitch
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Historique
Thèmes L'espace, La mer, Transport, Le programme Apollo, Sur la Lune, Sur la Lune
Acteurs Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy Billing, Bud Tingwell
Note71%
1969 : l'homme s'apprête à poser son premier pas sur la Lune. Le souffle coupé, le monde attend des images qui, pour des raisons techniques sont obtenues par le biais d'une antenne géante située dans un village du fin fond de l'Australie. Tout devait bien se passer, mais évidemment…
The Castle (1997)
, 1h23Réalisé par Rob Sitch
Genres Drame, Comédie
Thèmes La mer, Transport, Aviation
Acteurs Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Sophie Lee, Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Bud Tingwell
Rôle Sergeant Mick Kennedy
Note75%
The blue collar Kerrigan home, in the outer Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo, is filled with love as well as pride in their modest lifestyle, but their happiness is threatened when developers attempt the compulsory acquisition of their house to expand the neighbouring airport.
Lilian's Story (1996)
Genres Drame
Acteurs Toni Collette, Ruth Cracknell, Barry Otto, Matt Doran, Essie Davis, John Flaus
Rôle Frank
Note62%
Point of No Return (1995)
Genres Thriller
Acteurs Marcus Graham, Nikki Coghill, John Flaus
Rôle Priest
Note54%
The Nun and the Bandit (1992)
Réalisé par Paul Cox
Thèmes Religion
Acteurs Gosia Dobrowolska, Chris Haywood, Norman Kaye, John Flaus
Note53%
In the 1940s, two outlaw brothers kidnap their wealthy 14-year-old second cousin, but things get complicated when her chaperoning nun refuses to abandon her charge.
Spotswood (1992)
, 1h25Réalisé par Mark Joffe
Genres Drame, Comédie
Acteurs Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Bruno Lawrence, John Walton, Rebecca Rigg, Toni Collette
Rôle Gordon
Note61%
Dans les années 1960 à Melbourne en Australie, un consultant financier est spécialisé dans la rationalisation d'entreprises, et provoque des licenciements massifs.
Bloodlust (1992)
Réalisé par Richard Wolstencroft
Genres Fantasy, Action, Horreur
Acteurs John Flaus, Esme Melville, Richard Wolstencroft
Rôle Mr. Fetish
Note33%
Nirvana Street Murder (1990)
, 1h15Genres Comédie
Acteurs Mark Little, Ben Mendelsohn, Mary Coustas, Irène Papas, Sheila Florance, Daniel Pollock
Rôle Policier
Note65%
A Kink in the Picasso (1990)
, 1h26Genres Comédie
Acteurs Jane Clifton, Jon Finlayson, Andrew Daddo, Tiriel Mora, Peter O'Brien, John Flaus
Rôle O'Connell
Note50%