A little quote from my favourite film…
“Two things happened to me yesterday. The first was I received all this shit about voting for the first time, which I chucked in the bin, cos I reckon all politicians are a bunch of dickheads. And the other thing was my old man was watching a documentary about insects rooting on fig leaves, so I caught the end of the world news. And I saw this guy who was being chased by his own government, and I didn’t understand anything about it except that he was wearing a Nick Cave t-shirt. And then I wondered how a guy my age, with my taste in music, had gotten himself into a situation where his own government was trying to have him shot, just because he had something to say. And I realised I’m lucky because in this country, I can rant and rave and call the Prime Minister a dickhead without the army coming in and shooting me, and stopping you all from listening. And I figured that in this country, we don’t vote to keep the best party in - cos there’s no such thing - but we vote to keep the worst party out. Because I don’t want to end up being watched by some bloke at the other end of the world who thinks that this can’t happen to him.”
Comments
Comment from Crumpet
Time December 3, 2007 at 10:42 am
Looking for Alibrandi is an Australian film from 2000. For some reason, the DVD has no American release. If you can play region 4 or region 2 discs in the PAL format (the American format is NTSC) on your television, you can buy the DVD through the internet, but I don’t think you’ll find it on Netflix. It’s based on a book by Australian author Melina Marchetta, who also wrote the screenplay — that book was my favourite through high school, and apparently it’s the most stolen book from Australian libraries. 
You should have a much easier time finding the book in the USA (I’m assuming you’re from the USA if you use Netflix!), but as I said, if you can play international discs through your DVD player and television, you’ll be able to order the DVD. JBHiFi in Australia have really cheap DVDs, and it looks like they ship internationally. Hope that helps!
Comment from somerset
Time December 2, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Hey, I arrived here via craftster.org and your post about your embroidered portrait of Jenny Hart but this quote is what actually forced me to leave a comment. Thanks for pointing me to what looks like a great film! I’m off to see if netflix has it.