It is a coming of age movie where the characters are trying to figure out their place in their social society. Sep 05, 2012 gabrielle carey is often unfairly referred to as the other writer of puberty blues first published in 1979, overshadowed by the effusive kathy lette, who has written a series of laughoutloud best sellers. Jan 30, 20 puberty blues is incredibly widely read and known, with most australians being familiar with either the film, the book or both. Puberty blues 1981 was based on the book of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, a pair of reallife sydney teens who wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym the salami. By day, we were at school learning logarithms, but by nightin the back of cars, under the bowling alley, on cronulla beach, or, if you were lucky, in a bed while someone. Horloge puberty blues het filmpje online streaming in high definition nu. Puberty blues 1981 was based on the book of the same name by kathy lette. First published in 1979 in australia by two 18yearolds, it was a scandal, since it was about sex and drugs and if you count pat boone rock n roll. I remember reading the book in high school when it was a compulsory part of the literature curriculum and in time its become an important protofeminist work. Bruce beresford and nell schofield in puberty blues 1981 puberty blues 1981. Released 1981, puberty blues stars nell schofield, jad capelja, geoff rhoe, tony hughes the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. Watch puberty blues online vimeo on demand on vimeo.
The film is based on the 1979 novel puberty blues, by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, which is a protofeminist teen novel about two yearold girls from the lower middle class sutherland shire in sydney. Channel 10s recently departed chief programmer david mott predicted it, now southern star producers john edwards and imogen banks are plotting a second series of puberty blues. Truth masquerades as fiction as kathy lette and gabrielle carey portray themselves, at thirteen years of age, as deb and sue in a tell all account of being a teenager in sydneys beachside. Producer plotting return of puberty blues to the screen. Meet sue, a teenage australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. A semiautobiographical book by kathy lette and gabriele carey, it was made into a popular film directed by bruce baresford of the same title that. Curators notes puberty blues 1981 on aso australias audio and. Puberty blues is a retrospective that will appeal to both teens and adults trying to find the wisdom to navigate a childs most turbulent years. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took australia by storm and spawned an eponymous cult movie.
Puberty blues news, posters, trailers, images, cast and plot. Krijg gratis kijkfilm online met eenvoudige fill in inschrijfformulier. Unfortunately, the subdued colour palette, matched with the. She gets a boyfriend named danny dixon, but they eventually break up.
The original age of the girls in the book on which the film is based was, but beresford had to raise their ages to 16 in the film because of the risque material depicted. When i read puberty blues by gabrielle carey and kathy lette at 14, i was shocked by what girls got up to in the big city. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. Theres so much to talk about in tens incarnation of puberty blues. Nevertheless, the film has a plainness that can be disarming and that marks its only noticeable similarity to breaker morant and tender. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian. With nell schofield, jad capelja, jeffrey rhoe, tony hughes. Sue and debbie get a spot near the back of the bus, where the greenhill gang sit.
Aug 16, 2012 theres so much to talk about in tens incarnation of puberty blues. It was adapted into film in 1981 by bruce beresford and was made into a tv series in 2012 the novel and film focus on the two main characters, teenagers debbie vickers and sue knight, as they try and get in with the cool crowd, the green hills gang. The only other significant female in the movie is karen. Dec, 2016 puberty blues is chockers full of quotable, and sometimes cringeinducing, dialogue. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey. Reflections on puberty blues nfsa national film and sound. She is best friends with debbie vickers, and they both aim to hang out with the greenhill gang. Puberty blues, title felt weird but its a good hangoutcoming of age story. Even if you ignored the unfolding plot, the nice scenic shots of rural western australia would make for a great travelogue, an enticing tour of what the massive state has to offer. Director bruce beresford continued his tradition of putting socially. Susan sue knight is a character on channel tens puberty blues. I asked director bruce beresford why he originally took on the project to adapt this edgy book to a film. Aug 30, 2012 based on the iconic novel puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the series will move beyond the original pages and explore the mis adventures of these young girls, their families and friends in a more naive time in australias history.
Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. Thankfully the producers havent allowed the plotline to be hijacked by our present amazement at 70s clothes, hair or cooking habits. Puberty blues is a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Underage drinking, weed, house parties, and an oddball aussie power pop band also a tune from kim fowley. Puberty blues is an iconic australian movie and book and tv show that forever immortalised the youth culture of the late 70searly 80s, including the glorious slang. Jul 01, 2008 puberty blues presents a wartsandall portrait of surfie subculture in the 1970s for both girls and boys. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best. Focused on 2 teenage gals looking to impress the local surfers and this one has that 80s formula. Aug 16, 2012 when i read puberty blues by gabrielle carey and kathy lette at 14, i was shocked by what girls got up to in the big city. Puberty blues is surely one those early 80s films with its own theme song that makes you just want to throw things at the tv screen, cringing at almost everything the film portrays puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in the beach city of cronulla in the sutherland shire of south sydney. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. Puberty blues 1981 stream and watch online moviefone.
Genieten alle nieuwe filmverslagen met al je favoriete filmgenre geniet van al het beste nieuwe film releases met al je favoriete filmgenre. People were shocked to read about casual sex of years olds and parents suddenly realized what was going on behind the closed doors of their teenagers bedrooms. In 1986, as a freshfaced archivist, i was working in the nfsa s documentation section when we received a wellloved suitcase from director bruce beresford. May 11, 2011 puberty blues is not much of a film and pretty much has no plot, with boring teen doings nothing interesting. Puberty blues nude scenes 6 images and 5 videos including appearances from charlotte best susie porter. Gabrielle carey is often unfairly referred to as the other writer of puberty blues first published in 1979, overshadowed by the effusive kathy lette, who has written a series of laughoutloud best sellers. The story of puberty blues is the adoption of an image in order to be accepted. Puberty blues 1983 upcoming movies movie database joblo. Meet sue, a teenage australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does watch the surfing boys and have sex with the. I dont know if id go as far as to say that this movie belongs to the aussie trash pile, but its fair to say that there are no academy award. Unless you are of that era and understand that so called culture, you would be just reminiscing on the appalling good times of being an 80s teenagers.
But the book was also quickly hailed as a feminist manifesto and a cult classic. Puberty blues tv series 20122014 plot summary imdb. Puberty blues is an iconic australian book that based on a witheringly brutal and honest account of two best friends growing up in the misogynistic surf culture of cronulla aka the shire during the 1970s. Lette complained that the film sanitised the plot by omitting central references to miscarriage and abortion. Puberty blues 20122014 plot summary 1 in the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. Puberty blues presents a wartsandall portrait of surfie subculture in the 1970s for both girls and boys. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Puberty blues plot the mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. Jul 15, 1983 puberty blues, which opens today at the cinema studio, is based on a novel of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which purported to tell all about the mores of surfer teenagers. I asked director bruce beresford why he originally.
Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. Aug, 2016 though beresfords daughter was not keen to wade into the occasionally treacherous waters of puberty blues, the movie was reengineered for a new generation with the masterful tv series, puberty blues, which ran on channel 10 for two seasons from 2010, and expanded the narrative of the film outward, to deal more heavily with the larger world. Based on the iconic novel puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the series will move beyond the original pages and explore the mis adventures of these young girls, their families and. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e. This new edition of puberty blues is published jointly by text publishing and random house australia, in time for the new channel 10 tv series screening from august 15 2012. While gabrielle might prefer a life with less publicity, she is no lesser a writer. They manage to keep the spot, although they are pelted with fruit. It also marked the starting point of kathy lettes writing career, which sees her now as an author at the forefront of her. Puberty blues is chockers full of quotable, and sometimes cringeinducing, dialogue. The sex, drugs and disobedience seemed as foreign to me as riding a horse. Sue knight puberty blues wiki fandom powered by wikia. Though beresfords daughter was not keen to wade into the occasionally treacherous waters of puberty blues, the movie was reengineered for a new generation with the masterful tv series, puberty blues, which ran on channel 10 for two seasons from 2010, and expanded the narrative of the film outward, to deal more heavily with the larger world.
Oct 14, 2016 puberty blues was adapted from the novel of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey. The sex, drugs and disobedience seemed as foreign to. This raw and guileless novel is as painfully true today as ever and ultimately affirms that whatever else is taken from you, you must never. Puberty blues was adapted from the novel of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. Jul 04, 2012 heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. The plot of puberty blues bruce beresford, 1981 is quite a common theme that runs through teenpics which is the main genre of this film. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up.
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