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TIM WINTON'S THE TURNING D.V.D.

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2016

Overview

A circular plastic disc with a central hole. One side features a night time picture of two people sitting on a mound overlooking a crowd of people standing around a bonfire.
Above the picture is text: [TIM WINTON'S / THE TURNING] and below various logo's relating to the production of the DVD . First logo is text above and under the image of a DVD lying flat. Second logo is a square with a 4 inside it. Third logo is two lines of text. Fourth logo is a oval with vertical and horizontal lines on it with text under it. Last logo is a red circle with a white illustrated human figure with arms stretched out and a large head. Text under the circle.

Historical information

"The Turning" took three hours of screen time and seventeen directors to film using many different actors including, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Callan Mulvey, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Myles Pollard, and Rose Byrne. Six chapters were shot in W.A., including scenes at Perth, Mt Gibson Station in the wheatbelt, Bluff Knoll near Albany, Broome, and Armadale. Rose Byrne filmed scenes at the Kelmscott Show, Kelmscott Caravan Park, and a house in Champion Lakes in one of the stories.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2016.20A

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Plastic

Width

125 mm

Inscriptions and markings

logo 1. [DVD / VIDEO] 3. [DOLBY / DIGITAL] 4. [arenamedia] and 5. [MADMAN]

Keywords

WINTON Tim

THE TURNING

Kelmscott Caravan park

KELMSCOTT Agricultural Show Grounds

CHAMPION Lakes

Year

2016

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items that tells the story of the creativity and ingenuity of members of the local community in relation to art, design and engineering/construction. The collection relates to expressions of creativity that impacted an individual or small group of people to objects that have been enjoyed around the world.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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