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Dalmas (film) Dalmas. (film) Dalmas is a 1973 Australian film directed by Bert Deling. One critic wrote that "with Dave Jones’ Yackety Yack [the film] constitutes the clearest presence of Godard in Australian cinema." [2]
Nov 1, 1973 · Dalmas: Directed by Bert Deling. With Peter Whittle, Peter Cummins, Max Gillies, John Duigan.
- (31)
- Drama
- Bert Deling
- 1973-11-01
Jan 28, 2019 · Dalmas (1973) Bert Deling’s surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avant-garde and homemade filmmaking. Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts.
Bert Deling's surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avant-garde and homemade filmmaking. Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts. What follows is both literal and metaphorical mayhem as the boundaries of the film start collapsing and our idea of what's real is pushed to its very limits.
Synopsis. Bert Deling’s surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avant-garde and homemade filmmaking. Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts.
- Bert Deling
- Apogee Film Productions
Feature | Experimental | 103mins | Completed. An ex-cop is pursuing a drug-runner. Tracing a lead, he winds up in a seaside camp where hippies are being filmed by a documentary filmmaker. Suddenly the fiction collapses and actors and directors explore the film medium and their experiences with drugs.
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Dalmas Synopsis Bert Deling's surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avant-garde and homemade filmmaking. Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts.
