THE BLUS BROTHERS: SUNBURNT SCREENS - SHAME + THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND

The Blus Brothers (formerly A Serious Disc Agreement) is a physical media review show on an omission from VOD.

Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) expand their IMPRINT COMPANION podcast to include the best physical media releases worldwide. For this episode, we're discussing Umbrella Entertainment's Sunburnt Screens label - SHAME and THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND.

SHAME (1988) (SUNBURNT SCREENS #13) BLU-RAY

The latest release and volume #13 for our Sunburnt Screens collection is Shame. This release includes all-new interview with Steve Jodrell (Director), Michael Brindley (Co-writer), Beverley Blankenship (Co-writer), Simone Buchanan (Lizzie), & Paul Barron (Producer).

A stranger, Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness, Jindabyne) limps into an outback town on a crippled motorcycle. Trapped while she waits for repairs, Asta stays at the garage of Tim Curtis (Tony Barry, Australia).

The outsider soon discovers that Tim's young daughter Lizzie (Simone Buchanan, My Brilliant Career) is the latest victim of the local sport: gang rape. Some women are intimidated, others make excuses and the law looks the other way – but nothing ever changes.

Attacked herself, Asta is drawn into the struggle of the town's women for safety and dignity. Emboldened by her, Lizzie lays charges and all hell breaks loose. The women rise up, but resistance is never that easy or that simple.

Director: Steve Jodrell

Cast: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan

Extras:

• NEW interview with Steve Jodrell (Director), Michael Brindley (Co-writer), Beverley Blankenship (Co-writer), Simone Buchanan (Lizzie), & Paul Barron (Producer)
• Audio commentary with Steve Jodrell (Director), Simone Buchanan (Lizzie), & Michael Brindley (Co-writer)
• Oral history with film buff Paul Harris and Steve Jodrell
• Original footage from the premiere of 'Shame'- ABC TV
• Artspace interview with Deborra-Lee Furness
• Original archival theatrical trailer

THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (1976) (SUNBURNT SCREENS #14) BLU-RAY

The Australian drama Devil's Playground (1976) comes to life on Blu-ray – written, produced and directed by Fred Schepisi.

Internationally renowned filmmaker Fred Schepisi's celebrated first feature is a lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Victoria.

A semi-autobiographical retelling of the director's own training for the priesthood, the story follows 13-year-old Tom Allen (Simon Burke), a serious, likeable boy whose calling for the church is complicated by guilt associated with his masturbation and sinful thoughts. While the ascetic Brother Francine (Arthur Dignam) prowls the school's corridors looking for evidence of ''the undisciplined mind'', the hard-drinking Brother Victor (Nick Tate) refutes the harsh discipline that scars the hearts and minds of the students - through each battle a desire to consummate the pleasures of the flesh.

This Australian film classic cemented the rise of director Fred Schepisi (The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith) when it won six AFI awards including Best Film and Best Director and made a breakthrough screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976.

Director: Fred Schepisi

Cast: Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Arthur Dignam

Extras:

• Featurette with director Fred Schepisi and key cast and crew
• Interview with Fred Schepisi
• Audio Commentary with Fred Schepisi
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer

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