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Meth Kelly (2020)
Directed by Warwick Thornton
Drama · 5m
Meth Kelly explores how Australia’s colonial frontier narrative has been shaped by the imaginary heroic actions of the cult figure Ned Kelly. Through a video work projected in one of the shadowy tunnels of the ex-convict structures at Cockatoo Island, this work questions the legitimacy of Kelly’s hero status through a modern reinterpretation of his moral persona. Thornton skews the national narrative rooted in the romance of a Western, by transforming Kelly into a “meth head robbing a 7 Eleven”, placing him in a banal (sub)urban delinquent realm, far removed from cult status. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney.
Crew
- Director
- Warwick Thornton
Details
- Release date
- 2020-06-16
- Runtime
- 5m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia