As one of our most significant filmmakers, Bruce Beresford has delivered an embarrassment of cinematic riches, capturing the Australian spirit as a champion of the New Wave through to conquering Hollywood and now his new movie, The Travellers, in cinemas this week.
Critics in 1972 may have sniffed at the racy misbehaviour in The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, ripped from comic books, but the movie became a box office sensation. Beresford would go on to capture a political moment with Don’s Party (1976) and examine our sporting obsession with another great David Williamson adaptation, The Club (1980).
