WEBVTT - REPETE: Clare Bowditch and ROCKY 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:03.040 Gid He Peter, Hell, are you here? Welcome to You 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.920 ain't seen nothing yet? The Movie Podcast, where our chat 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.039 to a movie lover about a classic or beloved movie 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:13.319 they haven't quite got around to watching until now. And 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:23.040 today's guest singer, songwriter, musician, podcaster, broadcaster, author, entrepreneur mate 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:30.520 Claire Bonditch. The first rule of fake club is you 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:32.360 do not talk about fake club. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:48.320 Now as you're afraid of you broke my heart. I 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:54.640 admy your luck, mister Bond, James Bond. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:59.680 They couldn't happen any right now, You ain't seen nothing yet. 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.360 If the keys to a happy, healthy life is to 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:20.040 surround yourself with positive, creative people, than everyone to try 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.920 to become mates with Claire Bontage. Now, understandably, not everyone 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.320 is able to make that happen for a variety of 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:30.320 reasons geography, access, etc. But what you should do is 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:36.640 attempt to devour the creativity of Claire Bontage anyway you can. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.760 And the great news is, due to the prolific and 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:44.560 neglecting nature of Claire's work, there is more opportunities than 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:48.400 with most people. Firstly, there is Claire's music from her 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.160 debut release Autumn Bone to What Was Left, featuring her 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.680 breakout hit Divorcee at twenty three. It's still such a 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:59.040 stunning song. The moon looked on the Winter. I chose 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:03.960 Happiness Incredible albums for me. My favorite and for many 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:08.280 is her seminal album Modern Day Addiction, with which is 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:13.200 a true masterpiece in my top five of all time. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.280 I revisit it quite often, and if you haven't listened 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.760 to it, I urge you to do so. I have 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.639 been guilty of forcing people to listen to songs from 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:26.480 this album. At a post Logi's function, I made a 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:30.560 group of people listen to Claire's song Your Own kind 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:32.679 of Girl, and I said, if you have daughters, you 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.920 need to listen to this song and make them. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:35.239 Listen to it. 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.200 I don't have daughters, so I'll just force other people 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.040 with daughters to listen to that song. It's such an 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.960 incredible song, so many incredible songs on that album. Please 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.639 listen to it if you haven't already, and I'm sure 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:49.320 you will love it. Using the title of that song, 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:54.480 Claire released her raw, honest and life affirming memoir Your 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.600 Own Kind of Girl, which again I have passed on 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:58.200 to many many people. 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.280 It is a stunning piece of work. 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.880 Claire is also a social entrepreneur, founding The Big Heart 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:08.480 of Business, which exists to teach creative people about business 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.720 and business people about creativity in ways that makes sense. 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.400 Claire was in Offspring. She hosted ABC Radio. She's a podcaster. 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:20.480 Claire is honest, believes in the power of positivity, but 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.239 he's not afraid to speak about her own demons and 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:27.280 self doubts. Claire is incredibly talented, compassionate, funny, and I'm 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.040 bloody stoked to be hanging with her today. 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:39.120 Hello, I'm Claiboditch. My three favorite films are as follows 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.800 one car Wires in the Mood for Love, I'm all 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:46.160 I'm going to take which one you have? The Sound 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.880 of Music? By the Sound of Music, O Ray Me 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:56.119 Do Rainy, and lastly Black Balloon by Alissa Down Why 0:03:56.240 --> 0:04:01.400 Hello Hellou. But the truth is there's now another contender 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.960 in the mix. Until last night, I've never seen the 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.160 movie Rocky. 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:24.320 Surely this is one movie that barely needs a synopsis provided. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.920 Is there anyone on this planet Earth who doesn't know 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:33.400 what Rocky is about? On November twenty five, nineteen seventy five, 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:36.679 we find a small time boxer getting heckled and ged, 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.080 and the rams shackled about in a dodgy gym. Despite 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.880 being declared the winner, the Italian Stallion claims forty four 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:47.400 dollars fifty five cents after locker, shower and twel charges 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:51.119 are deducted. If this isn't rock Bottom, it's pretty close. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:55.160 For Rocky Balboa, played of course by Sylvester Stallone, who 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:59.080 also wrote the screenplayed living in a shithole, working for 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.880 a loan shark, barely able to get the attention of 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:06.200 local pet store worker Adrian, played beautifully by Talia Shaier, 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:10.159 but things eventually are on the way up. Heavyweight champion 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.640 of the World Apollo Creed Carl Weathers show boats into 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.840 town talking a big game, but that talk gets curtailed 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:20.520 when his opponent is injured. Determined not to miss out 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.919 on the chance for another payday, Apollo has the idea 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.000 to give an unknown fighter the chance of a lifetime. 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.479 Directed by John G. Elbertson said it in a fever. 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.400 The Crawati Kids Stand by Me, an iconic score by 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:36.320 Bill Conti, the highest grossing film of nineteen seventy six, 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.840 It won three Oscars for Best Film, Best Director and 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:46.000 Best Editing. Rocky is the ultimate underdog Rags the Riches movie, 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.280 Claire Boatage. Are you inspired enough to run up the 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.679 steps of Parliament House in Spring Street here in Melbourne? 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.920 Not only am I inspired enough? I already did it alone. 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:56.440 That's why I was laid. 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.920 Welcome to you ain't doing nothing yet. 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.520 Absolute treat. This is one of my favorite podcasts. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.720 Oh well, you're very kind. And I had the treat 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.040 last night because I watched it last night as you did. 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:11.640 And I know you watched it because you sent me 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:15.240 love the little videos throughout throughout you. You were set up, 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.520 you had popcorn, we did Did you watch it by yourself? 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:19.880 As the family? 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:24.560 Myself, my cat, my dog, my husband Marty, and one 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.760 of my sons, Oscar. So the other kids were out, 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.000 that's the only reason they weren't watching. Yeah, I said 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:34.240 to them, guys, I was not allowed to watch this 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.880 when I was a child. I'm giving you the opportunity 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.320 now now they're fifteen, fifteen, and nineteen. So they were 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.000 so two of them left the house and with the 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.200 other one stayed and we got to watch it together. 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.640 Who there's a lot to talk about and we'll get 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:49.360 to it soon. So this is something you weren't allowed 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.840 to watch, and we spoke about as I do most guests. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.280 There's a couple of films that we I ask you 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.600 that you haven't seen. There were I think Aaron Brockovich 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.840 may have been one that was tantalizing to chat to 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.080 you about. That would have been amazing. But I feel 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:08.360 like Rocky is such an iconic film and I we've 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:12.040 been close to maybe getting it done. Luke McGregor nominated 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.480 but then told me it's like three months earlier. They're 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:16.320 not the rules, Luke. 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.080 No, Luke. I mean, look, he's an artist, so he's 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:24.000 always pushing the boundaries. No, that's not the rules. And 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.600 I'm so grateful that they are the rules and that 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.440 you've stuck to them. Like, I appreciate this disciplinary sort 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.280 of streaking you because I've benefited greatly from it. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.280 Well, I cannot wait to get stuck in talking about Rocky. 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:37.760 There's so much to talk about. Let's talk about your 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.920 three favorite films. Great Now, I thought the first one, 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:44.320 I have no idea what this film is. I thought 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:47.840 you were about to say Willy Wonk and my mind 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.840 with the chocolate Factory. Yeah, yeah, so my apologies, not 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:52.760 at all, not at all. 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.040 It was actually Jelly in the Chocolate Factory. The original 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.360 was one of my favorite films as a child. But 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:04.560 Wanka Wai is an incredible Shanghai based director whose beauty 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:10.080 and ability to play with light just broke my heart 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.160 when the first time I saw in the Mood for Love, 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.040 which is essentially a story, you know, a story about 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:20.320 two people who are engaging in falling in love. It 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.440 was made in two thousand, but the first time I 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:27.880 saw it, I just felt that I had seen something 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:29.600 that would stay with me for life, something that was 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.280 beautiful and true. Now the world felt the same way, 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.640 you know. It's one of the few films and few 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:39.160 filmmakers from Asia who was able to crack through into 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:44.880 a Western market. His movies are all subtitled, so they're 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:50.520 all in original language. But it's just a beautiful, contemplative story. 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.480 And as always, it's the soundtrack. Who I don't know 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.880 who wrote the soundtrack. Actually that's ridiculous, I'm making a 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.840 note here, but the soundtrack, the way it all worked 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:03.360 together and the gentleness of the movie was just so beautiful. 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.040 So it stuck in my heart all of these years, 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:06.040 and what's the film about. 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.120 It's really essentially about two people, two people who are 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:14.760 living quite small lives and find each other within that life. 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.800 They engage on what could be called an affair of 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.240 sorts or the contemplation of an affair for a lot 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.599 of it. So I won't spoil that for you, but 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.040 that's part of its beauty. It's about real people in 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:32.040 real life and the emotional struggle of trying to find 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:38.040 truth and connection in an environment where it's not encouraged. 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.360 You spoke about light, then we're actually having a conversation 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:45.559 about light the recording and you think about light a lot, 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.080 like you have a relationship with light, and that obviously 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.839 you when you perform, whether it be in a video 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.960 or on stage, you must be thinking about light a lot. 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.679 Did this Did this inform that? Were you? Were you 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.599 aware of your relationship with light when you watch us on? 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.479 Did this begin that relationship? 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:06.000 Let's just let's just go back track a bit and 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:10.599 explain this. When I say relationship with light, light, I 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:15.280 guess what Pete's referring to is, you know, previous conversation 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.480 we've had based on a renovation that we're doing where 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:22.439 myself and my lovely electrician. You know, we were learning 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.880 from each other. He was fascinated by the strength of 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:28.920 feeling that I had around the color, the warmth, and 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.120 the choice of light. So I'll explain it. We all 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.319 have our own sensitivities, things that sort of You know, 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:38.120 you might smell jackfruit and not like the smell. It's 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:39.840 very You know, your sense of smell is really strong. 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:43.559 One is too, But one of my strongest emotional reactions 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.640 and senses is sight and light. So if we're in 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.160 a room and there's white light, and I realized this 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.200 as a kid, I just don't feel great. I feel 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:57.720 cold and scared. If there is warm light, I feel 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:01.280 open and able to It's sort of like I feel 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.560 like I belong. Now call it synase easier or something 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.440 else if you like, that's fine, But I think it's 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.480 not uncommon. So I'm not sure if Wi's ability to 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:13.000 play with light, it probably did inform me. But I 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.080 think what it did was I responded to it because 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.560 I saw that he saw light in the same way, 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.800 or he felt the emotional quality of light in the 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.600 same way I do. It sounds ridiculous, but if I can. 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:26.040 It doesn't seem ridiculous at all. And the reason I 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:29.679 wanted to mention it because I just maybe think we 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.559 don't often take in. Everyone's so busy, we don't often 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.160 take in. We might go, oh, I like this, I 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:37.840 like the way that smells, or I love the way 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:42.439 you know that that thing looks, but we don't then go, Okay, well, 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.880 how do I make those choices in my life to 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.520 have these things surrounding me more often? 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.360 And I think what happens is some of us who 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.160 are sensitive to certain things, it really affects our life. 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:55.480 So that's why we're forced to sort of consider it. 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.160 And that's probably what happened with me. I just realize 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.440 I'm a perform and I would reflect back on performances. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.120 Why was that useful? Well, like why did I kill 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.480 it that night and not another night? And so often 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.640 it had to do with the sensitivity the lighting in 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.280 the room, And it goes back to probably a basic 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:18.839 human or maybe mammalian impulse. Let's say cats don't give 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.839 birth in full light. Women prefer to give birth in 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.840 modest light as well, just because it's one less thing 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:26.520 to think about. You know, cats go to the back 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.280 of the cupboard where it's dark and they do their thing. 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:32.000 So anytime I'm vulnerable if the lights are bright. And 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.560 this is an interrogation technique, you know, it's been used, 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.920 breeans to the lights are bright, you're overwhelmed and you're 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.599 probably not responding to whatever that is that you want to, 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:44.920 the nuance of whatever it is, the subtlety of whatever 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:45.719 it is that's going on. 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.240 But it's why restaurants often use handles, Yes, you know, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.280 as opposed to your spotlights. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.240 It probably goes all the way back there. You know, 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.400 we were people around the campfire once. We were people 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.440 who didn't actually have any exposure to electric light until 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:04.200 the very first person who could call himself an electrician, Edison. 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:11.360 What luck he invented? Edison was the first electrician. We 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.720 think of it as a normal, you know, everyday trade 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:18.439 and very important trade. But it didn't exist until that 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.480 dude made it exists. Isn't that wild? 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:21.200 It's crazy? 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.440 And the same too with podcasters. I mean they didn't 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.120 exist until quite recently exactly. 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.480 And we're taking the will by storm, both of us. Claire, 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:29.800 go see that movie. 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:31.040 That's all I'm saying is beautiful. 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:34.800 Yes, when was it made two thousand and two, two 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:36.160 thousands great. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.400 I think The Sound of Music is a movie that 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.800 we covered recently with the wonderful Judith Flucy. 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.040 I can't believe that Judah had not seen it more. 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.600 Than any other. I mean, I'm sure that you haven't 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:52.280 seen Rocky, but I understand it. Jude seemed to be 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:58.320 raised Catholic. I think you actually considered becoming a nun 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:05.520 like a movie buff. None of it made sense, and 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.760 I had seen it. I'd seen the Sound of Music. 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.800 Not as many times I've seen Star Wars, but kind 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:12.960 of in the vicinity. 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:15.040 Do you like the movie? 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:16.000 I love the movie. 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.679 Correct, Yeah, that's right, because that's the right answer. Now, 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.640 I don't trust people who tell me they don't like 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:22.840 the Sound of Music. I'm sorry if that's you. But 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:27.200 what's going on there? What? How can you not love 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:28.760 that movie? 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.760 Well, I mean you might have Jack with dude, that's right, 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:33.360 you know why? 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:36.320 Because I think you had to be indoctrinated early, you know, 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:37.080 maybe that's it. 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:38.480 I think there are a lot of movies like that. 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:42.880 I think this really this is one of those movies, 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.280 because I think Jude made some reasonable, reasonably good points 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:47.800 about the lack of plot. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.840 In the movie and the extended plot and that you know, yeah, look, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:53.360 she's not wrong, and. 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:56.120 It doesn't after the Nazis invade. 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.200 It kind of doesn't coome about Maria after that, after 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.320 the wedding doesn't really become about Maria became was kind 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.160 of Captain von Trapp's movie. And yeah, but. 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:10.000 The music and la costumes as well, but also the 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.680 spirit of the thing, which is again this story of 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:18.600 someone who is doggedly intent on being who she is 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.520 within the confines of society at that time. You know, 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.920 Maria V's she should never have been a nun like 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.600 we knew that from seeing her that was that was 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.440 not her fate. She was there to sing and share songs. 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.320 It is the ease with which she says shares songs 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.480 and the normalcy of that that I think I love 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.000 as an adults as well as a costume. So we 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:41.920 mentioned the costumes. I've actually got a dress that I 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.440 bought recently in the style of the Maria von Trapp 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.920 playsuits made out of the curtains. I wore that at 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:52.040 a show recently, great response. It's sort of white with green. 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.160 Have you ever sung any sound music live like thrown 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:56.880 in the little. 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.680 Yeah, I did a sort of chrissy. This one called 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:06.680 it quite a spooky, enchanting improv of you know, the 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:10.920 song farewell alvidazain adue to. I can't remember the name 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:16.400 of the action, but yeah, on the stairs. Recently at 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:21.240 a show it was responded too strongly, I think positively. 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:21.920 I'm not sure, but. 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:24.680 I did carry up the stairs. 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.240 It was at the forensics full room and the stick 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.280 there was a staircase, so that was all part of it. 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.320 And I was wearing the bond trap dress. But it 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.760 was in the spirit of a random creative adventure. You know, 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.320 sometimes we've got to try stuff that's a bit scary 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:40.840 and it makes us feel alive again. So that's why 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:48.480 I did that. But that that story of what creativity 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:50.960 can bring to her life, now, that was really important 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.000 for me as a little kid. We watched this. We 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.720 watched that movie with my family. I think it might 0:16:55.760 --> 0:17:00.280 have been at Rye camping ground, local town hall. I 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:04.119 remember Albi Mangele's Adventures being there on there and also 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.520 the sound of music, and it was just a sort 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:08.920 of a show that was always on every time it 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:10.560 came on TV. But we'd all sit down and watch 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:12.800 it together, but we'd be sent to bed before the 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.600 Nazis came, you know, so we would usuerally watch the 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.760 first half of the second half. It was shocking as 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:19.560 an adult tatch it. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:23.280 I did learn, maybe unsurprisingly, that when I was researching 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.679 for the Dudes episode, that in Germany, like a lot 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:30.679 of the German executives and film industry, they wanted basically 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.119 to end at the wedding, so that was where it 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:33.679 swised to end. 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:37.040 So you basically saw the German version of the elm. 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.760 I saw the German version, the thought that it is 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.119 actually based on a true story, The thought that that 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:47.680 von Trapp family did run away and find shelter in 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:52.439 the hills in some canton, you know, that's all extraordinary, and. 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.359 They left behind that they left behind that house like 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:59.240 they left with very little money. Eventually got to America 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:01.680 and and what was one of the fascinating things I 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:06.240 learned was the real Maria von Trapp had, like I think, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.399 her parents died when she was very young. She was 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:12.320 raised by an uncle who was not very nice. And 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.119 it was when she actually when the kids showed her 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.440 love that was and they gave her a kiss that 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.200 was the first time she'd ever actually been kissed any 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:24.320 in any way, shape or form. And she fell in 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.720 love with the kids before she fell in love with 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:27.840 Captain von Trapp. 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.920 Wow, I mean, wouldn't be the first time a woman 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.639 has I mean maybe Von Trapp was a bit of 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:36.880 a pain in the a And you know, having. 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:38.879 That whistle like the whistle was whizzle was too much. 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:40.480 And the use of. 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.280 Soft lens in that movie too, I don't know, Look, 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:45.840 it just it blew my mind. Yeah, I didn't know 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:47.440 there was soft lens. All I knew is I was 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.080 looking at the screen suddenly everything was soft and sweet. Yeah, 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:52.960 but I think it was the sweetness perhaps of the film, 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.760 her rebellious nature within the strict confines of the time, 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.040 and also the frugality of it. So there they are 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.080 these you know, brilliant he's a millionaire, but she's using 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.520 what they have curtains and so on. Now, my mum 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:08.000 was brought up. I was born in Melbourne. Mom was 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:09.879 born in Amsterdam in forty two, in the middle of 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:13.720 occupied Amsterdam, one of eleven and she grew up through 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.639 the First World War and the aftermath of that, and 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:21.119 she often speaks about the cleverness with which people were 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:24.879 able to repurpose things. You know, they didn't have much food, 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:29.520 so sometimes people would because everything was on ration, so 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.240 sometimes people would just make soup out of potato peels. 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:35.440 So to see her making costumes out of the curtains, 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:39.800 I just love that. It was so deeply creative. But anyway, 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:41.359 so that's the sound of music, my gosh. 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.600 And another fun fact if you haven't listened to for 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:47.479 those who haven't listened to the episodes, this live too. 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:50.920 At this stage our only live performance. Will do some 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.200 more soon. But one of my favorite facts was the 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.959 money that the von Trap's got. The reason they got 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.480 so much money is not because of Captain von Trapp, 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:05.040 because his late wife and her great grandfather, I think, 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:05.920 invented the torpedo. 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:06.920 It was torpedo money. 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:11.879 That is fascinating. The other thing to mention about that 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:15.320 movie and why it's so deeply affecting still, it's like 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:18.440 all a lot of the stories that we see set 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.760 in that time, which is you see the courage of 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:23.920 people who stood up to what was clearly wrong and 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:28.280 the sacrifice that they made, and I just you know, 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:30.400 I just think when you can combine that with song 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:34.159 and dance, because you know, Rocky didn't have song and 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:36.639 dance Didy. We'll talk about that later, but when you 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:39.119 can combine that in that way, it's no wonder the 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:41.600 world fell in love with that movie. Yeah, I respect you, 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:43.720 but that's it. That's one of my favorites. 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.399 Yeah, I agree, I agree, Black Balloon. 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:48.480 It's hard for me to choose a favorite movie. There 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:52.840 are so many wonderful Australian directors and movies. A couple 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:55.680 of years back, I had the pleasure of working with 0:20:57.080 --> 0:20:59.200 a crew on a television show, got Offspring. Now I'm 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.960 not an actor, but you'll be great work, Thanks Buddy. 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:09.159 During COVID Offspring came on a streaming service for the 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:12.280 first time and it's created a renaissance in my own 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:18.240 recognizability at the supermarket shallow stades. The point being I 0:21:18.280 --> 0:21:19.879 had a very minor role is the truth of it. 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:23.480 But I had the pleasure there of understanding more about 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:26.760 how films are made and filmmakers create their work and 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:30.680 also directors. Black Balloon was made by one of the 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:34.280 incredible directors I got to work with on Offspring. Her 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:38.680 name is Alissa Down. She wrote and directed this film. 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:43.000 It was based on her life, really and to understand 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:45.840 the enormous effort it takes to create a film. You know, 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:47.920 that was my first insight into all of that. But 0:21:48.320 --> 0:21:50.080 that's not why I love the film. When I watched it, 0:21:50.880 --> 0:21:54.520 It's a powerful, beautiful story featuring a family who were 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:57.760 different yet again set I think in the seventies, late seventies, 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:02.520 early eighties, a number of unusual stars. Tony Collet's in there, 0:22:02.840 --> 0:22:05.200 but also Jima Ward, who was a model at the time. 0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:09.280 But the story itself is about it's sold through the 0:22:09.359 --> 0:22:14.920 perspective of a brother whose brother is severely autistic in 0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:18.560 a time where we really didn't understand what that meant 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:22.440 to live, what it meant within a family to live 0:22:22.960 --> 0:22:26.800