I started watching/listening to The Movie Show episodes while working (fuck your awful minute-or-more long ad breaks SBS) and there was a glowing review for Cosi. I haven't seen it since release and my partner hasn't seen it so I put it on last night for something a bit light-hearted. It's great, a bit dated, not something you could say is 'timeless' but still a fun watch.
One thing to note is when you see the beach scenes where the young couple live you'll notice how much Sydney has changed in the past 30 years.
Cosi is a 1996 Australian comedy drama film directed by Mark Joffe. Louis Nowra wrote both the screenplay and the 1992 play on which it was based. The story is loosely based on Nowra's own experience at producing Trial by Jury at Plenty Mental Hospital in suburban Melbourne in 1971.
Salvo - 4mon
Lots of Neurodivergent humour, including a cover of “I’m So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters performed by a Manic Depressive.
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maniacalmanicmania - 4mon
Is the joke about Ruth inventing her own gesture Neurodivergent humour also? It was funny and I remember the scene of her practising/mimicking Nick's gesture during his performance at the beach but I don't remember any connecting thread between those two scenes. Maybe I missed something or some part of that set-up/pay-off got cut.
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 4mon
Good recommendation, never saw it back in the day.
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maniacalmanicmania - 4mon
You watched it first time tonight?
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 4mon
Yeah, well had to watch it in two parts across the week, but finished it last night.
I love how they made the performance of the play seem like a hot mess.
maniacalmanicmania in onthetelly
Cosi
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/cosi/video/ZW4378A001S00I started watching/listening to The Movie Show episodes while working (fuck your awful minute-or-more long ad breaks SBS) and there was a glowing review for Cosi. I haven't seen it since release and my partner hasn't seen it so I put it on last night for something a bit light-hearted. It's great, a bit dated, not something you could say is 'timeless' but still a fun watch.
One thing to note is when you see the beach scenes where the young couple live you'll notice how much Sydney has changed in the past 30 years.
From Wikipedia:
Lots of Neurodivergent humour, including a cover of “I’m So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters performed by a Manic Depressive.
Is the joke about Ruth inventing her own gesture Neurodivergent humour also? It was funny and I remember the scene of her practising/mimicking Nick's gesture during his performance at the beach but I don't remember any connecting thread between those two scenes. Maybe I missed something or some part of that set-up/pay-off got cut.
Good recommendation, never saw it back in the day.
You watched it first time tonight?
Yeah, well had to watch it in two parts across the week, but finished it last night.
I love how they made the performance of the play seem like a hot mess.