bathing franky
rodney (henri szeps) and franky (maria venuti) in bathing franky .
bathing franky director owen elliot and writer michael winchester at the dungog film festival .
maria venuti stars in bathing franky to screen at the james theatre next month .
bathing franky was launched in dungog last month and is being screened in australia before taking on the international film festivals .
the writer of the independent feature bathing franky made the tree change to mount rivers near dungog in the nsw hunter valley 13 years ago .
“bathing franky was shot using locations in newcastle, maitland and dungog - just around the corner from the james theatre, ” mr winchester said .
actor turned producer michael winchester plonked a bath in the middle of church street mall on tuesday to draw everybody’s attention to his first feature film bathing franky. it worked .
with its difficult and uncompromising themes of palliative care, personal sacrifice, abusive sexual relationships and drug dependency, bathing franky is a bittersweet mixed bag, writes carly millar .
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chairperson of the james theatre community council lisa connors states that bathing franky will be one of the first in a whole line up of exciting new developments for the theatre .
bathing franky tells the story of a young man who, is captivated by the fanciful and surreal world of a wildly, irrepressible older man and his aging yet compelling mother .
bathing franky was filmed locally around dungog, and other parts of the hunter valley, and although the writer' s farm didn' t feature in the film, others did .
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bathing franky, he said, tells the story of a young man, steve (shaun goss) who, as a condition of his parole, delivers meals on wheels to rodney (mother and son’s henri szeps) and his aging mother franky (fat pizza’s maria venuti) .
bathing franky. directed by owen elliott, produced by michael winchester and owen elliott, screenplay by michael winchester. starring henri szeps, maria venuti, bree desborough and shaun goss. for latest distribution details check urltoken
bathing franky has been released independently this year by distributor titan view under screen australia’s innovation distribution partnership model - where the film tours to rural areas of australia and screens in communities that have limited access to non - mainstream cinema .
hunter valley made independent feature film bathing franky starring screen and stage icons henri szeps (mother & son) and maria venuti (fat pizza) will be the first film to screen at the newly digitalised james theatre in dungog .
when i saw the work in progress screening of bathing franky at the dungog film festival in 2010, the packed room responded warmly to the film' s deeply romantic but melancholy notions about the role of imagination in coping with life. the theme has attracted many cinematic explorations, from the extremes of life is beautiful (1997) to the tragic and moving the sea inside (2004). i am not comparing bathing franky to these films, but the resonance is inescapable .
confronting, raw and often surprising, bathing franky never compromises its vision as it deals with difficult issues including homosexuality, drug - abuse and palliative care. gavin banks' cinematography highlights the rural beauty around dungog, where the film was shot .
at the q & a after the dungog screening of bathing franky (from left to right) owen elliott (director and co - producer), henri szeps, maria venuti and michael winchester (co - producer and writer). (photo linda adair) .
“usage of the theatre is rapidly increasing with a ukulele workshop just finished and a ten - week film workshop currently underway, a cabaret, bathing franky, the film festival, a regional heat of the bush poet competition and a wedding in july, ” ms connors said .
gavin banks was utterly professional in every aspect of his work as the cinematographer on bathing franky: from his assiduous research and preparation in the pre - shoot to his calm and thorough approach on set. he consistently maintained integrity to an overall vision alongside an acute attention to detail .
bathing franky is an intimate film, not suitable for the harsh and bloated ambiance of the multiplex, and while it is modest, it is also sincere. all credit to john l. simpson of titan view, who has the guts to distribute films such as the jammed, men' s group - and now this .
for the fans of the genre like romance, comedy and who likes director owen elliott this movie will become a real present! check the bathing franky crew and synopsis, watch pictures and high resolution wallpapers. if the premiere of this movie has already taken place then imdb rating and users reviews will help you to understand if you should watch this movie in the cinema or buy dvd .
most interesting (for now, at least) is androgynous la roux - alike franky, who last night stormed in to school on a mobility scooter, sending every kid in the place screaming. franky, who has relocated from oxford, has had a difficult past and is determined to make a new start. of course, within half an hour it had caught up with her .
in bathing franky, the son, rodney (henri szeps) creates an alternative reality - a sort of magic reality - which filters out most of his life' s negatives. of course the one thing he can' t quite filter out is his captivity to the duties and responsibilities of a son to his needy mother. here in a nutshell filmmakers owen elliott and michael winchester present us with the complexity of genuine love .
as fresh eyes from sydney, i came to the view that the struggle to make, and then distribute, bathing franky is emblematic of the struggle about what matters in our culture and society where the majority of the population in the cities and know little of the life of people living in country towns and the struggles they face. the narrative on screen is about people living on the margins; the story of the making of franky is about people committed to telling our stories who work on the margins often without pay. even if the resulting product was not as good as it is, it would be a shame for it only to be distributed on the margins .
rodney is a
backyard magician
who loves to fly kites, tap dance, tell stories, juggle and speak french and italian! and he brings the same vaudevillian exuberance to the way he
cares
for his mother, franky .
taking a' meals - on - wheels' job, he meets rodney, a wildly irrepressible older man, who is the full time carer for his invalid mother franky who, when not confined to a wheelchair, gets about on her modified ride - on lawn mower .
maria venuti (a long - time friend, just so you know), has a lifetime of experience in performance, albeit mostly on stage as a wonderfully entertaining singer and occasional actor. she took on the challenge of franky with some hesitation; not because it asks her to shed her glamorous image for the frailties and chaos of old age, but because she was challenged by that task. to her credit, she makes franky not just cranky but credibly complex. the scene referenced in the title calls for the ultimate sacrifice of vanity from venuti - and she makes it, with brio .
during the q & a, elliott and winchester alluded to the challenges small budget films face to obtain distribution under the prevailing distribution models. i had travelled up from sydney to the dungog screening to see the film, and to enjoy a weekend in the country at the request of john o’brien who was the script editor, first assistant director and who worked on the post production of bathing franky. but something happened during the screening of the film; as i found myself falling under the spell of the amateur magician rodney, his once - exotic, now - ancient mother, and the influence they have on steve and his girlfriend susie (played superbly by desborough) .
filmed in just 4 weeks, this feature film is the result of a great amount of creativity, team effort and determination. cinematographer (and good eye deer' s creative director) gavin banks worked closely with bathing frankie' s director owen elliot to craft some tantalising moments of cinema. distributed by titan view, this film is a great achievement for the director / producer team, owen elliot and michael winchester .
and who made sure of that? the school' s mean girl, mini, instantly recognisable to tina fey fans and anyone who' s found themselves on the wrong side of
cool
, and determined to make franky conform to her ideas of style. judging by a couple of cagey looks, mini must be hiding something under that pink get - up, but what ?
elsewhere on the boy front there' s the nietschze fanboy matty, a dark - haired stranger who' s most likely to inspire age - inappropriate crushes amongst the show' s older audience members. with puppy - dog eyes, an inflatable pout and a thing for franky, i see it going a bit taming of the shrew (or more likely 10 things i hate about you) .
when steve (shaun goss) is released on parole from prison, he is unable to connect with his girlfriend susie (bree desborough) and his former friends. needing a job, he takes on a meals - on - wheels delivery job for a community welfare agency run by the forthright peg (kath leahy) and this is how he meets rodney (henri szeps) who cares full - time for his mother franky (maria venuti) .
hopefully, the friends of franky, and some champions too, will take up this challenge and at least a limited release in sydney or melbourne will be made possible. again lateral thinking and community support may be the only way this can be done because money is a very real obstacle for people who have put their own funds and unpaid time into the project. crowd funding is one possible way of raising funds for a screening in a capital centre .
during our first introduction, liv had little more to do than scamper after her leader – but the lovely grace (little voice, big attitude) made a promising start, finishing the episode by ditching mini' s mogadishu - themed soiree - like, somali pirates are totally in this year - and jumping in a pool with outcast franky. i' m expecting emotional turmoil as she decides between sticking with meanie mini or making a go of it alone .
the other lad, nick, is mini' s boyfriend and in episode one just about managed to squeeze a grunt from his' rugby boy' jaw. as ever, there were strong performances from the adults too. franky' s brilliant adoptive dads, married in army uniforms and trained in patisserie, look set to star – although they have stiff competition from huey morgan who cameos as heat - reading record shop worker toxic bob in the second episode .
in the second trial, ms. moran, playing a witness, lounges on the bed reciting over and over some incantatory words written by ms. childs, a riff about finding herself in a “prematurely air - conditioned supermarket” and seeing colored bathing caps. and, she explains, daftly, “i wasn’t tempted to buy one, but i was reminded of the fact that i had been avoiding the beach. ” sometimes, such wandering thoughts are subjected to intense scrutiny in a trial. eventually, her character turns into a weapon - wielding patty hearst, whose real - life trial was going when “einstein” was created .
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the film features many hunter valley locations, something winchester looks forward to sharing with audiences when the film is released this month .
‘‘the main characters are... a city person and... a rural person and it’s what happens when their worlds collide, ’’ winchester said .
the rooftop of the old dalgety building on the corner of watt and king streets was the location of an all - night shoot .
other favourites were shooting at dawn in king edward park and at the merewether ocean baths .
winchester said the movie had been made for less than $ 100, 000 largely due to support from the hunter community. many people had donated their time and businesses, too, which helped .
for production designer amanda safranko the film was her first taste of cinema after a hunter tafe course .
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then i' d go to bed and lie there thinking, now what are they going to do. and i can' t tell you how exciting that actually is, to be able to invent characters
broaching tough themes that include forgiveness, redemption and dealing with the elderly, first time screenwriter michael winchester' s vision is fearless, although some of his ideas work better than others. the opening collage of short scenes in which we are introduced to each of the characters, for example, could be reworked but the emotional depth and power of the sentiments expressed are irrefutable. it' s an audacious directing debut by owen elliott, who manages winchester' s vision with great proficiency. he also edited the film .
the film was made on a budget of dedication, shot around dungog so it' s appropriate that it is finally getting a premiere at dungog' s james theatre, australia' s oldest cinema, and is the first film to screen on the theatre' s new digital projector. nice synchronicity, connecting the old and the new .
i' ve been a fan of szeps' stage work since the mid 80s when as theatre critic for the australian i was struck by his natural ability to engage an audience with the truth in his work. szeps is one of those actors who is utterly convincing and draws you to him with his innate charm - tinged with a slightly wicked melancholy. he makes rodney plausible and fascinating, funny and sad .
shaun goss makes an impressive steve, a young man whose emotional life has been thrown into chaos - several times .
passers - by stopped to ask about the bath, in turn giving him the chance to tell them about his new film which premieres at riverside theatres tomorrow night, saturday, may 26 .
winchester said rodney had invented an elaborate world of make believe to cope with being his mother’s full - time carer .
‘‘he juggles, he tap dances, he sings, he speaks in different languages, ’’ he said .
winchester said he based the character on a man he observed in his home town in the hunter valley region, where the film was also shot, who dressed very differently to everybody else .
‘‘as an actor, which i am before i am a writer, i went home and developed the world of this character... how he might have lived, ’’ said winchester, whose credits include prisoner and sons and daughters .
‘‘although the script took 10 years [ to develop ], pre - production was only about six weeks and we actually shot the film in four weeks .
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when steve is released from prison, he is unable to connect with his girlfriend, as he is still haunted by his relationship with a fellow inmate. taking a' meals - on - wheels' job, he meets rod, a wildly irrepressible older man, who is the full time carer for his invalid mother who, when not confined to a wheelchair, gets about on her modified ride - on lawn mower. steve is captivated by the older pair' s extravagant world of make - believe and a close friendship between the men develops .
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a young man dealing with his troubled past, is captivated by the fanciful and surreal world of a wildly, irrepressible older man and his decrepit yet compelling mother .
by turns hilariously funny, geniuinely moving and even at times chillingly cold. it pulls few punches as it handles issues seldom considered in bigger budget australian films .
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an ex - con struggling with his past searches for healing when he meets an eccentric backyard magician .
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bree desborough, michael winchester, jancita day, brendan madigan, matthew j. schelle, alexander spinks, letitia sutherland
i was hesitant to add this film to my collection when it was released. after watching it in prime for
free
, i have decided in purchasing the film because it represents the seventh art form very well. the film is difficult to watch if you' re scared of aging and commitment. it is a low budget film, so don' t expect bells and whistles but, it is compensated with the writing and acting of the three main characters. the film is slow, however in my opinion it is purposeful to bring the leads angst to resolution .
a movie that becomes more intense as you watch, and you don' t have a clue where it' s going. the story centers around a community center that provides people in need / in trouble with help and service opportunities. so impressed - i' ve seen it twice, and while it seems episodic and casual, there' s not a wasted moment or word (or character) in the film. it seems so realistic, how things would actually go, though you don' t see it coming. gritty and stark at times - with hearts, hopes and furies laid bare. i' m especially partial to films about redemption, closure. no sugar - coating (plenty of profanity and explicit sexuality), but there' s tenderness too. i found this story of people connecting very moving, and utterly original. highly recommended .
nice change from the gay themed crap churned out in this country. film quality not the best. i turned on captions & it was much easier to follow !
i recommend this movie. out of so much muck to choose from, this stansd out as good .
it was basically
a slice of life
movie about two lost souls who fine something good out of so much bad. i liked it. interesting characters, interesting story and likable actors. we are all just humans who need to be wanted and needed. i also liked the aussie scenery and trains .
unique and moving. as unusual at the setting is, it portrays amazing insight into pains, what everyone is really seeking and ways we all convince ourselves what we need to know to cope .
as others have noted, it starts out slow, but this is one of the more affecting movies i' ve seen in a long while. the role of stephen was incredibly well - written, especially for such a complicated character, but shaun goss pulled it off. if you can handle a work that starts out slowly, but does definitely draw you into one of the most unique (but meaningful) love stories you' ll ever see, this is one should invest the 90 minutes in .
i was not sure when it started, but wild and great performances and really unique screenplay. worth the time !
1. great cinematography 2. superlative acting 3. multilayered story and story telling 4. a fable and fairytale that illuminates the heart
not the greatest, not the worst. a little slow. good acting but not to much else .
some quick tone changes and uneven scripting keep this from being enjoyable. half of the film is spent setting up a situation that resolves too quickly and unevenly .
what a surprise. . brilliant and powerful, both henri szeps and shaun goss' excellent performance makes this movie more unforgettable .
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by turns hilariously funny, genuinely moving and even, at times chillingly cold, the surprises of the screenplay are always grounded in the emotional truth of the characters. disarmingly light in touch, it nevertheless pulls few punches as it handles issues seldom considered in bigger budget australian films .
maria venuti and henri szeps on a (soggy) red carpet at dungog’s james theatre .
we sometimes hear politicians talking about the financial and personal sacrifices carers make and the need to support them in a country with an aging population. the message is not sexy and most voters do not care. this film brings one carer’s situation to life with colour and joy and a surreal twist of humour .
a good script, some great camera work by gavin banks and some lovely performances make it a special treat. some high risk moments are handled sensitively and joyously. and although there are a couple of scenes likely to take some people beyond their comfort zones, these are never gratuitous .
rochford street review wants encourage audiences in sydney and melbourne, and indeed across australian, to go and see this film because it is both great fun and a story of good faith. the problem is, where is it showing? whilst special screenings have been held to sold out houses in parramatta, dungog, maitland and newcastle, distribution in sydney or melbourne is far from assured as yet; simply due to the way the prevailing distribution models do not favour small, independent film makers .
linda adair is a sydney based critic and an editor of rochford street review .
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when steve is released from prison, he is unable to connect with his girlfriend susie, as he is still haunted by his relationship with a fellow inmate .
rodney is torn between the love and the loyalty that he feels for his ailing and dependent mother on the one hand, and the desire to lead his own life. steve is captivated by the older pair' s extravagant world of make - believe and a close friendship between the men develops .
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we started off thinking grapes, olives, butterflies - we were going to open up a butterfly farm believe it or not - aquaculture, yes we researched the whole gamut really, australian bush tucker ,
he said .
they' re all very intensive occupations so the cattle seemed to be just something that we could manage, because i do have other interests and my wife works as well, so we had find something that we could fit into our lifestyle and the rhythm of the family .
he says that being certified organic, the cattle tend to look after themselves, giving him the time needed to write a feature film .
although i did all my writing at night so out on the farm during the day, but i love it really being able to walk around the farm, be outside, be in touch with the earth and making the connection now between the ground and the pastures and the food and the people that eat .
just seeing that link between what we eat and the land, it' s such a vital link; and of course when you grow up in the city you' re not really aware of the relationship between the food that we pull off the shelves in the supermarkets with the weather and the soils and of course how it' s all so important .
it' s a story about an elderly man who is the full - time carer for his even older mother; and one day they get a knock at the door and a young man who is on parole and delivering meals on wheels walks into their life and the story is about the relationship between these three people, and they' ve all got skeletons in the cupboard .
the arrival of this young man kind of acts as a catalyst for the two older people to deal with their lives .
the people that we' re finding who are engaging with the film and wanting to come speak with us after the film are people associated with the community health care sector, caregivers, people who work for palliative care, neighbourhood care, meals on wheels and they' re really identifying with these two central characters .
we made this film on a shoestring so i called in a lot of favours from neighbours and friends, including my beekeeper friend and my other neighbour who is a dairy farmer, for 40 to 45 years; they' re a patron of the film and they were very generous with some of their money and helped finance the film, and that happened a lot .
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this micro - budget independent feature film was shot over twenty days in and around the hunter valley, nsw, in december 2009 .
good eye deer' s gavin banks worked tirelessly with owen elliot to get the most creative yet economical coverage for each scene, while maintaining a visual look that belies the small budget. this is a debut feature for gavin as a cinematographer, owen as a director and michael winchester as producer .
gavin constantly searched for the meaning behind the words in the script and supported that deeper understanding with rich and evocative visual imagery. his craftsman like approach to manipulating the elements of light and colour produced a tone and texture to the film that was potent and nuanced .
he is the consummate professional, able to balance the restraints of time and budget with the artistic and cinematic demands of the film story. not afraid to take creative risks and think outside the square when under pressure, gavin maintained a calm exterior and a steadying influence on set. gavin was a team player who worked closely with his director and key crew always communicating with those around him with direction, clarity and good humour .
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although i love plants in the bedroom, space comes at a premium so it' s worth being inventive with where you put them. here we' ve used corners, side - tables and a window ledge to do just that .
the philodendron has mostly aesthetic benefits thanks to his heart - shaped leaves and climbing nature. we love him in the corner, where he won' t take up too much space but will look to use the wall as a guide for (very slowly) climbing upwards .
the sansevieria is the superhero of plants, as it releases oxygen into its environment during the night, therefore helping you sleep. for one person, you' ll need three of these guys to noticeably benefit from this little trick .
aloe vera is an all - round good guy. as well as doubling up as a sun and kitchen burn aid, aloe vera is a great architectural plant that also has the benefit of removing impurities from the air .
this collection includes one philodendron scandens, three sansevierias, two tiny succulents, two lavender and one aloe vera. pots for all plants included .
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the screening of the film in the site’s 100th year as a cinema location will utilise the brand new digital projection equipment funded by dungog shire council .
the red - carpet re - launch of the cinema will see cast and crew of the film (including szeps and venuti) return to town where much of the film was shot .
dungog shire organic beef farmer and former actor michael winchester (prisoner, sons & daughters) wrote the script and is thrilled to see it launch in the region at the james theatre .
“it is the perfect place to screen given the support from the local community in making the film possible. ”
it is an exciting time in the theatre’s history, celebrating its centenary, preparing for the sixth dungog film festival and also expanding the program of unique film and cultural events .
adding to this is the recent funding from a state government grant and the james theatre stakes to help restore the building back to its original state .
the first will be on saturday night, june 16, which will include a question and answer session with the stars of the film henri szeps and maria venuti, followed by a finger food reception behind the screen .
the film will be shown again on sunday, june 17 at 2pm with tickets on sale at the door .
after two series tackling depression, jailbreaking, menopause and hypnosis, last night skins returned to screens with a rather cheerier demeanour. perhaps the team are just saving the fireworks for the upcoming skins film – or at least until effy crashes the party again – but the new bunch of mates seem to suggest a return to the hedonistic feel of the original series .
this time, however, it isn' t a cool kid like tony who is out to charm our socks off. as we meet the new gang at roundview, it looks like they' re focusing on the outcasts' point of view from the off. hooray! characters like sid and cassie have always been given the best treatment by the show' s twentysomething writers .
also trying to trying to crash the party were slacker - stoners rich and alo, who look set to become series favourites. rich, a moisturising metalhead, won' t shut up about just how misunderstood he is, while van - dwelling alo (predictably, but they make jokes about it) just wants to get his wank claws near some' vag'. or' muff'. or' clunge'. who knows what word he will use to describe female genitalia next ?
in the us, where mtv' s skins premiered last week, the show has created a furore, with the parents television council branding it
the most dangerous programme ever for children
and advertisers withdrawing – who knows what will happen when the real drama hits. it' s a reminder of how groundbreaking skins seemed when it first launched here .
but as skins co - creator bryan elsey said in his defence of the show :
skins is a very simple and in fact rather old - fashioned television series .
if it keeps this up, series five could make a simply very good television series once again .
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as the audience milled into the brooklyn academy of music for saturday night’s performance of “einstein on the beach, ” an exhilarating revival of the pathbreaking 1976 opera by the composer philip glass and the director robert wilson, the piece seemed already to have started .
the electric keyboards and synthesizers of the philip glass ensemble quietly played the low three - note organ drone that runs through the opening “knee play, ” as the creators call the five episodes that punctuate the major scenes of the opera’s four acts. two compelling lead performers, helga davis and kate moran, dressed in baggy gray pants and white shirts with black suspenders, having moved incrementally toward seats onstage, began muttering together. one spoke numbers randomly; the other recited a nonsensical yet alluring text by christopher knowles. (“would it get some wind for the sailboat. ” )
before long, from risers in the pit, a dozen choristers dressed like ms. davis and ms. moran, their faces pasty looking, stood up and began singing mr. glass’s ritualistic music, some counting off various groups of numbers, others intoning the recurring drone bass on solfège syllables (la, sol, do) .
einstein on the beach from top, jasper newell, sharon milanese and caitlin scranton in philip glass’s opera at the brooklyn academy of music .
“einstein on the beach” is more known about than known. this rare revival, part of a nine - stop, three - continent tour, with choreography by lucinda childs, is the work’s first presentation in new york since the 1992 performances at the brooklyn academy. though the piece, with sets and lighting by mr. wilson, is a landmark of avant - garde opera, it has a reputation for being incomprehensible and endless (at nearly four and half hours without intermission) .
but as performed here, the opening knee play could not have been more calming and sweetly mystical. that it was already happening when the audience arrived made clear that we were all invited to enter and leave the theater at will. “einstein” was not going away .
during the riveting first scene of act i, “train, ” the mood changes completely. the music is suddenly exuberant and crazed, with spiraling riffs and cyclic instrumental figures, and manic bursts of syllables and sputtering from the chorus. caitlin scranton exuded eerie calm in the “diagonal dance, ” in which she moved forward and backward over and over, looking statuesque and wonderfully strange. the scene is filled with curious characters, including a wide - eyed man in a red shirt doing mathematical calculations (tomás cruz) .
einstein on the beach this revival, the first in new york since 1992, includes movement designed by robert wilson .
as a boy, einstein loved model trains. he later used trains as analogies to explain his theories. the dominant figure in this train scene is a young boy (jasper newell), who stands on an elevated bridge over tracks. he examines a luminous geometric shape in his hands and now and then tosses paper airplanes to the smoke - covered stage floor. is he a scientist - to - be? or young einstein himself? or just a boy in a mindless moment? with the chorus and instrumental music making this scene so frenetic and momentous, it seemed to encapsulate a larger message of this plotless opera: that scientific calculation, spiritual perceptions and a boy’s daydreaming involve not such different mental states as we may think.
bathing franky is a 2012 australian film directed by owen elliott . the movie was released on 26 may 2012 and centers on a young man struggling to reconnect with his life after being released from prison . 
bathing franky is a 2012 australian film directed by owen elliott. the movie was released on 26 may 2012 and centers on a young man struggling to reconnect with his life after being released from prison.
bathing franky is a 2012 australian film directed by owen elliott. the movie was released on 26 may 2012 and centers on a young man struggling to reconnect with his life after being released from prison.