when: 22 February 2024 | venue: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | cost: See event for details | address: McCoy Circuit Acton 2601 | website: https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au | tickets: https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/CHOPPER//?q=eyJ0eXBlIjoiYm9va2luZyIsImRlc3RpbmF0aW9uIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly90aWNrZXRzLm5mc2EuZ292LmF1L0V2Z
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Eric Bana stars as the infamous Chopper in this iconic Australian drama, adapted from Mark 'Chopper' Reed's bestselling autobiography From the Inside. Violent criminality and celebrity collide in this hard-hitting crime story, which invites audiences to examine the narration of one of Australia's most notorious underworld figures.
'…a ninety minute powderkeg of a film… full of gut-twining tension, with tar black comedy, both working in parallel with one another…' - The Curb
Presented on 35mm film prints from the NFSA collection.
This film is part of NFSA's Unreliable Histories series. Question history and cultural mythology through films that creatively interpret and reimagine iconic people and times.
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Eric Bana stars as the infamous Chopper in this iconic Australian drama, adapted from Mark 'Chopper' Reed's bestselling autobiography From the Inside. Violent criminality and celebrity collide in this hard-hitting crime story, which invites audiences to examine the narration of one of Australia's most notorious underworld figures.
'…a ninety minute powderkeg of a film… full of gut-twining tension, with tar black comedy, both working in parallel with one another…' - The Curb
Presented on 35mm film prints from the NFSA collection.
This film is part of NFSA's Unreliable Histories series. Question history and cultural mythology through films that creatively interpret and reimagine iconic people and times.
Go see Chopper 2024.
Chopper 2024 is on 22 February 2024. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Acton. Call 02 6248 2000 for details. Visit their website at https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au.
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