Most directors would probably rather face anything than assess what it was that made their least successful film (commercially, speaking) during a three-decade-long career not live up to the magnitude of their greatest hits. But being forced to pause production on Elvis during the pandemic gave Baz Luhrmann the headspace and urge to revisit Australia, his 2008 epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Taking the original 2.5 million feet of footage, enlisting the duo for new digital recordings, reframing the storyline, and incorporating more music and an entirely new focus on the ‘Stolen Generations’ has now resulted in the six-part series, Faraway Downs.
Last night, an intimate screening
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