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{{Infobox Film
{{Infobox film
| name = Modern Love
| name = Modern Love
| image =
| image =
| caption = original film poster.
| caption =
| director = [[Alex Frayne]]
| director = [[Alex Frayne]]
| producer = [[Alex Frayne]], Maureen Ritchie, Catherine Powell
| producer = [[Alex Frayne]], Maureen Ritchie, Catherine Powell
| writer = Nick Matthews (screenplay)
| writer = [[Nick Remy Matthews]] (screenplay)
| starring = Mark Constable <br>[[Victoria Hill]]
| starring = Mark Constable <br>[[Victoria Hill]]
| music = Tom Heuzenroeder (original music)
| music = Tom Heuzenroeder (original music)
| cinematography = Nick Matthews
| cinematography = [[Nick Remy Matthews]]
| editing = [[Alex Frayne]]
| editing = [[Alex Frayne]]
| distributor = Accent Film [au], B-Rudfunk, Germany
| distributor = Accent Film [au], B-Rudfunk, Germany
| released = 30 July 2006, [[Moscow International Film Festival]], 23 Nov 2007, Australia
| released = {{Film date|2006|07|30|[[Moscow International Film Festival]]|2007|11|23|Australia|df=y}}
| runtime = 95 min.
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = [[Australia]]
| country = Australia
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $150,000 (estimated)
| budget = $150,000 (estimated)
| gross = $549<ref name=boxoffice/>
}}
}}


'''''Modern Love''''' is the debut feature film of award winning [[Australia]]n director [[Alex Frayne]]. It was independently financed and filmed in [[South Australia]], where the director lives and works. The team behind the film (Sputnik Films) includes award winning cinematographer Nick Matthews and [[Australian Film Institute]] winning sound designer Tom Heuzenroeder.
'''''Modern Love''''' is the debut feature film of award-winning [[Australia]]n director [[Alex Frayne]]. It was independently financed and filmed in [[South Australia]], where the director lives and works. The team behind the film (Sputnik Films) includes award-winning cinematographer [[Nick Remy Matthews]] and [[Australian Film Institute]] winning sound designer Tom Heuzenroeder.


''Modern Love'' premiered at the 28th [[Moscow International Film Festival]]<ref name Moscow FF>[http://www.australianscreen.com.au/titles/modern-love/ "Screen Web"]</ref> and progressed to dozens of other film festivals, including the [[Locarno Film Festival]], [[São Paulo International Film Festival]], <ref name Sao Paulo Mostra>[http://www2.uol.com.br/mostra/30/p_destaque_23_en.shtml Sao Paulo Mostra de Cinema"]</ref> and the [[Fajr Film Festival]] in Iran. It made its Australian screen debut at the 2007 [[Adelaide Film Festival]], where the film was reviewed by [[Variety Magazine]]'s critic Richard Kuipers who called it:<ref name Variety Mag>[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933065.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "Variety Magazine"]</ref><blockquote>
''Modern Love'' premiered at the 28th [[Moscow International Film Festival]]<ref>[http://www.australianscreen.com.au/titles/modern-love/ "Screen Web"]</ref> and progressed to dozens of other film festivals, including the [[Locarno Film Festival]], [[São Paulo International Film Festival]],<ref>[http://www2.uol.com.br/mostra/30/p_destaque_23_en.shtml Sao Paulo Mostra de Cinema"]</ref> and the [[Fajr Film Festival]] in Iran. It made its Australian screen debut at the [[2007 Adelaide Film Festival]], where the film was reviewed by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'s'' critic Richard Kuipers who called it:<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933065.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "Variety Magazine"]</ref><blockquote>
''"unlike anything else in the entire Australian genre catalogue."''</blockquote>
''"unlike anything else in the entire Australian genre catalogue."''</blockquote>


The film earned theatrical runs in Australia (Nova Cinemas), and in New Zealand at the Paramount Cinema in Wellington. [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|Dominion Post]] film reviewer Graeme Tuckett wrote that it was:<ref name Wellington Post>[http://www.groupsrv.com/movie/about87032.html "NZ review"]</ref><blockquote>''"the best thing playing in town. No contest."''</blockquote>
The film earned theatrical runs in Australia (Nova Cinemas), and in New Zealand at the Paramount Cinema in Wellington. [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|Dominion Post]] film reviewer Graeme Tuckett wrote that it was:<ref>[http://www.groupsrv.com/movie/about87032.html "NZ review"]</ref><blockquote>''"the best thing playing in town. No contest."''</blockquote>

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==Synopsis==

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John, his wife Emily, and their small son Edward leave the city for what they believe will be a brief foray to the countryside to claim John's inheritance – a small shack. They find themselves in a strange back-woods rural setting...nothing is what it seems, and John's behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre as he crosses paths with the unusual inhabitants of the area, some of whom he knows from a distant past.

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[[Image:Nick Matthews DOP.jpg|left|thumb|([[Nick Remy Matthews ACS]]) and Ed (William Traeger)]]

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As his connections to the area are gradually revealed, we are shown a puzzle and a tapestry of our hero and his life before he moved away. To his wife's horror we witness a man who belongs to a long lineage of disaster and mishap and rural weirdness. As the realisation sets in of what has happened, the spectre of the next-in-line, his son Edward, becomes spookily evident.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Michael Baldwin as Father
*Michael Baldwin as Father
*Irene Tunis as Rosa
*Irene Tunis as Rosa

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==Synopsis==
[[Image:mark constable lead.jpg|right|thumb|(Mark Constable) plays John]]
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John, his wife Emily, and their small son Edward leave the city for what they believe will be a brief foray to the countryside to claim John’s inheritance – a small shack. They find themselves in a strange back-woods rural setting…nothing is what it seems, and John's behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre as he crosses paths with the unusual inhabitants of the area, some of whom he knows from a distant past.

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[[Image:Nick Matthews DOP.jpg|left|thumb|([[Nick Matthews]]) and Ed (William Traeger)]]

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As his connections to the area are gradually revealed, we are shown a puzzle and a tapestry of our hero and his life before he moved away. To his wife's horror we witness a man who belongs to a long lineage of disaster and mishap and rural weirdness. As the realisation sets in of what has happened, the spectre of the next-in-line, his son Edward, becomes spookily evident.


==Criticisms==
==Criticisms==
Modern Love received harsh reviews in Australia with some critics focusing on the ambiguity of the title as well as the disorientating plot structure the film offers. Both [[Alex Frayne]] and Nick Matthews maintain the title to be valid yet neither has fully explained its origins at any time throughout the film's exposure to audiences. Jake Wilson of [[The Age]] derided the film as being akin to an Australian "[[Andrei Tarkovsky|Tarkovsky]]" work, while dramaturg Phyllis-Jane Rose branded it the "darkest" film ever made. Frayne himself calls the film "Australian Gothic," and "like walking into a nightmare which you wish would last longer." These inclinations explain both the film's art-house success in Europe as well as its muted response in Australia. In France the film picked up the Best Foreign Film award at the ECU Festival in March 2007.
''Modern Love'' received harsh reviews in Australia with some critics focusing on the ambiguity of the title as well as the disorientating plot structure the film offers. Both [[Alex Frayne]] and Nick Matthews maintain the title to be valid yet neither has fully explained its origins at any time throughout the film's exposure to audiences. Jake Wilson of [[The Age]] derided the film as being akin to an Australian "[[Andrei Tarkovsky|Tarkovsky]]" work, while dramaturg Phyllis-Jane Rose branded it the "darkest" film ever made. Frayne himself calls the film "Australian Gothic," and "like walking into a nightmare which you wish would last longer." These inclinations explain both the film's art-house success in Europe as well as its muted response in Australia. In France the film picked up the Best Foreign Film award at the ECU Festival in March 2007.


== DVD releases ==
== DVD releases ==
In Australia the film was released by Accent Underground.<ref name=Accent>[http://www.accentfilm.com/product.cfm?id=MTAwMDEyNw%3D%3D&cat=Ng%3D%3D "Accent Underground"]</ref> In the US the film was released by Seminal Films.<ref name=Seminal>[http://www.seminalfilms.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129:modern-love&catid=42:press-releases&Itemid=57 "Seminal Films DVD Release"]</ref>
In Australia the film was released by Accent Underground.<ref name=Accent>[http://www.accentfilm.com/product.cfm?id=MTAwMDEyNw%3D%3D&cat=Ng%3D%3D "Accent Underground"]</ref> In the United States the film was released by Seminal Films.<ref name=Seminal>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seminalfilms.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129:modern-love&catid=42:press-releases&Itemid=57 |title="Seminal Films DVD Release" |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035607/http://www.seminalfilms.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129:modern-love&catid=42:press-releases&Itemid=57 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Film Festivals==
==Film Festivals==
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*2006 [[Locarno Film Festival]]
*2006 [[Locarno Film Festival]]
*2006 [[São Paulo International Film Festival]]
*2006 [[São Paulo International Film Festival]]
*2006 Hof Film Festival, Germany
*2006 [[Hof International Film Festival]], Germany
*2006 Split New Films, Croatia
*2006 Split New Films, Croatia
*2007 [[Fajr Film Festival]], Iran
*2007 [[Fajr Film Festival]], Iran
*2007 [[Adelaide Film Festival]]
*[[2007 Adelaide Film Festival]]
*2007 [[Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival]]
*2007 [[Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival]]
*2007 Bradford Fantasy Film Festival
*2007 Bradford Fantasy Film Festival
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*2007 Salento International Film Festival, Italy
*2007 Salento International Film Festival, Italy


==Box Office==
==Box office==
''Modern Love'' grossed $549.00 at the box office in Australia,.<ref>[http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf ''Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'']</ref>
''Modern Love'' grossed $549.00 at the box office in Australia.<ref name=boxoffice>{{Cite web |url=http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |title=''Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'' |access-date=7 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075310/http://film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0808380|Modern Love}}
* {{IMDb title|0808380|Modern Love}}
*[http://www.thecia.com.au/reviews/m/modern-love.shtml "A headf...k of a movie"]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292452/ Alex Frayne on the IMDB]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjXG1n4nZUA Youtube clip]
*[http://www.acmi.net.au/aust_modern_love.aspx Australian Perspectives]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4kHs0JZyZ4 Baked Beans Anyone?]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808380/board/nest/95610648 NZ Wellington Post Review]
*[http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/modern-love/ Australian Screen Website]
*[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=392942 New York Times]
*[http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index2.php/free/culture/arts/variety_show UK Review, Bradford Star]
*[http://www.digital-retribution.com/reviews/other/oz015.php#c5t_form DVD review Australia, Digital Retribution]
*[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22899159-5014207,00.html in the Herald Sun]
*[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33182/modern-love-australian-release/DVD Talk Review]
*[http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=8311 DVD Michael]


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Modern Love
Directed byAlex Frayne
Written byNick Remy Matthews (screenplay)
Produced byAlex Frayne, Maureen Ritchie, Catherine Powell
StarringMark Constable
Victoria Hill
CinematographyNick Remy Matthews
Edited byAlex Frayne
Music byTom Heuzenroeder (original music)
Distributed byAccent Film [au], B-Rudfunk, Germany
Release dates
Running time
95 minutes
LandAustralien
SpracheEnglisch
Budget$150,000 (estimated)
Box office$549[1]

Modern Love is the debut feature film of award-winning Australian director Alex Frayne. It was independently financed and filmed in South Australia, where the director lives and works. The team behind the film (Sputnik Films) includes award-winning cinematographer Nick Remy Matthews and Australian Film Institute winning sound designer Tom Heuzenroeder.

Modern Love premiered at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival[2] and progressed to dozens of other film festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival,[3] and the Fajr Film Festival in Iran. It made its Australian screen debut at the 2007 Adelaide Film Festival, where the film was reviewed by Variety's critic Richard Kuipers who called it:[4]

"unlike anything else in the entire Australian genre catalogue."

The film earned theatrical runs in Australia (Nova Cinemas), and in New Zealand at the Paramount Cinema in Wellington. Dominion Post film reviewer Graeme Tuckett wrote that it was:[5]

"the best thing playing in town. No contest."

Synopsis

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John, his wife Emily, and their small son Edward leave the city for what they believe will be a brief foray to the countryside to claim John's inheritance – a small shack. They find themselves in a strange back-woods rural setting...nothing is what it seems, and John's behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre as he crosses paths with the unusual inhabitants of the area, some of whom he knows from a distant past.

(Nick Remy Matthews ACS) and Ed (William Traeger)

As his connections to the area are gradually revealed, we are shown a puzzle and a tapestry of our hero and his life before he moved away. To his wife's horror we witness a man who belongs to a long lineage of disaster and mishap and rural weirdness. As the realisation sets in of what has happened, the spectre of the next-in-line, his son Edward, becomes spookily evident.

Cast

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  • Mark Constable as John
  • Victoria Hill as Emily
  • William Traeger as Ed
  • Craig Behenna] as Daniel
  • Don Barker as Old Tom
  • Barbara West as Motel Lady
  • Chrissie Page as Mother
  • Michael Baldwin as Father
  • Irene Tunis as Rosa

Criticisms

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Modern Love received harsh reviews in Australia with some critics focusing on the ambiguity of the title as well as the disorientating plot structure the film offers. Both Alex Frayne and Nick Matthews maintain the title to be valid yet neither has fully explained its origins at any time throughout the film's exposure to audiences. Jake Wilson of The Age derided the film as being akin to an Australian "Tarkovsky" work, while dramaturg Phyllis-Jane Rose branded it the "darkest" film ever made. Frayne himself calls the film "Australian Gothic," and "like walking into a nightmare which you wish would last longer." These inclinations explain both the film's art-house success in Europe as well as its muted response in Australia. In France the film picked up the Best Foreign Film award at the ECU Festival in March 2007.

DVD releases

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In Australia the film was released by Accent Underground.[6] In the United States the film was released by Seminal Films.[7]

Film Festivals

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Box office

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Modern Love grossed $549.00 at the box office in Australia.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Screen Web"
  3. ^ Sao Paulo Mostra de Cinema"
  4. ^ "Variety Magazine"
  5. ^ "NZ review"
  6. ^ "Accent Underground"
  7. ^ ""Seminal Films DVD Release"". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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