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Vhs trailer for the 1981 australian teen comedy puberty blues, directed. Hear classic music from puberty blues, 1981, directed by bruce beresford, with nell schofield, jadranka capelja, geoff rhoe, at tcm. Puberty blues traces the lives of two adolescent females who have spent the first part of their lives in a group by themselves, while desperately trying to break into the in crowd who dominate the greenhill beach. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming of age process. Puberty blues is a leisurely, entertaining tale about a group of teenagers fumbling, fighting and fretting their way through adolescence. One of at least two major surfing drama movies starring female surfer aka surfie chicks characters with the word. The book of puberty blues was an underground sensation at school. Women still fall victim to sexual currency and ownership. Director bruce beresford continued his tradition of putting socially. Puberty blues 1981 bruce beresford and nell schofield in puberty blues 1981 puberty blues 1981.

Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Puberty blues tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Meet sue, a teenage australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. In this case, two australian schoolgirls want to join the. Puberty blues is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Comingofage comedy drama about two teenage girls who aspire to be accepted into a gang of surfer groupies. The plot of puberty blues bruce beresford, 1981 is quite a common theme that runs through teenpics which is the main genre of this film. Puberty blues is chockers full of quotable, and sometimes. In this case, two australian schoolgirls want to join the male surfer crowd but find that there is a lot more to being part of the crowd than just hanging around with them. Based in the book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online.

Puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in. Jul 01, 2008 in this article i examine one film, puberty blues, directed by bruce beresford in 1981. I enjoyed the film a lot, and the more i watched it. This colourful beachnsurf high school drama follows a group of lateteen girls who are itching to infiltrate the world of surfer dudes who are their male idols. Gabrielle carey and kathy lette had based the book on their own recent experiences growing up on the beach near cronulla, and young audiences could recognise a lot of their own experiences in the story of debbie and sue. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Puberty blues 1981 changes the movie database tmdb. Its funny that no matter what filmtelevision show you look up on theres always a post in the message boards that gets completely offtopic with people trying to correct one and other. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. The book, a little slice of 70s sexism, is about growing up as.

The honesty of the story made it hysterical and terrifying at the same time. Yes, bruce berefords 1981 drama does explore the blues of schoolgirl australians at a sydney school. Puberty blues is based on a semiautobiographical novel by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, written when both were teenagers. Some of the darker moments of the book have been removed or. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide.

Reflections on puberty blues nfsa national film and sound. Sep 05, 2012 i first read puberty blues in 1981, and on rereading it this year to coincide with the new channel 10 miniseries based on the book, its hard to see where kathy stops and gabrielle begins, and vice versa. Curators notes puberty blues 1981 on aso australias. Puberty blues tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia. The slang and accents are a bit tough to understand at first but the more one watches the film, the more the speech patters set in and can be understood by outsiders. I first read puberty blues in 1981, and on rereading it this year to coincide with the new channel 10 miniseries based on the book, its hard to see where kathy stops and gabrielle begins, and vice versa. In this article i examine one film, puberty blues, directed by bruce beresford in 1981. Much has changed for women and girls since the film release of puberty blues in 1981. Puberty blues 1981 clip 2 on aso australias audio and. This raw and guileless novel is as painfully true today as ever and ultimately affirms that whatever else is taken from you, you must never lose the spirit to get out. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming. Nowadays the issues from puberty blues are dealt with every night on the news and are significantly less confronting, so one of the main things which makes puberty blues a good film is the fact.

Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online tubi. Sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. According to the australian film commission, the film is number forty four of the top australian films at the australian box office from 1966 to 2005 having earned over three million dollars. It made its debut on dvd with a new print by umbrella entertainment in 2003.

Released in 1981, bruce beresfords iconic australian film remains an. Nell schofield, jad capelja, geoff rhoe, tony hughes, sandy paul, leander brett, jay hackett, ned lander, joanne olsen, julie medana. For censorship reasons, in the film their age was increased to 16. It takes place on sunny beaches down under rather than hollywoods mean streets and is awash in early 80s aussie power pop. How much of the 70s 80s slang is still used in australia.

On the plus side, its sensitive and commendably frank about coming of age, and first sexual experiences, with an accuracy that may make you wince at times. Puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in the beach city of cronulla in the sutherland shire of south sydney. Puberty blues 1981 explores the relationship between the sexes within a particular teen surf culture. Once they are accepted into the group, they realise that the groups laidback, ultracool facade is just that. Puberty blues traces the lives of two adolescent females who have spent the first part of their lives in. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e. The penultimate scene in puberty blues is for most viewers including this writer, the defining moment in the film. Lette has pointed to the immediate and substantive effect the book and film had on womens participation in. Except they must have gone through puberty at least four or five years earlier.

Aug, 2016 though beresfords daughter was not keen to wade into the occasionally treacherous waters of puberty blues, the movie was reengineered for a new generation with the masterful tv series, puberty blues, which ran on channel 10 for two seasons from 2010, and expanded the narrative of the film outward, to deal more heavily with the larger world. When the 1981 film puberty blues hit the big screens, parents across australia recoiled each asking their teens with wideeyed alarm. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Puberty blues is surely one those early 80s films with its own theme song that makes you just want to throw things at the tv screen, cringing at almost everything the film portrays. Adapted from the popular ya novel, puberty blues is australias foxes, its definitive comingofage saga from the era. Puberty blues 1981 brrip xvid mp3xvid heroturko download. Mar 22, 2020 puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. Over the course of the narrative, schoolgirls sue knight jad capelja and debbie vickers nell schofield have progressively ingratiated themselves into the cool cronulla beach surfie set.

Curators notes puberty blues 1981 on aso australias audio and. Puberty blues 1981 was based on the book of the same name by kathy lette. This release from umbrella entertainment via the av channel has a good picture and adequate extras. Made in association with the australian film commission. Based on the bestselling book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the film version was released in december 1981. Australia might have had a few teen films prior to this. This film was made in 1981 but it will certainly ring a bell with anyone who has ever. It is a coming of age movie where the characters are trying to figure out their place in their social society. Limelight productions 1981 i dont recall reading puberty blues so much as devouring it. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Puberty blues is a profoundly moral story germaine greer.

Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The culture, as portrayed in the film, was based on boys being dominant and girls being totally subservient and acquiescing to all of the boys demands. This is a seamlessly coauthored book about a noholesbarred coming of age. The theme song puberty blues was written by tim finn. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. It was released by jenny morris as a single on mushroom records in december 1981. Gabrielle carey and kathy lette had based the book on their own recent. Most importantly, the film didnt try to smooth off the rough edges, or lecture its audience.

This colourful beachnsurf high school drama follows a group of late teen girls who are itching to infiltrate the world of surfer dudes who are their male idols. The penultimate scene in puberty blues is for most viewers including. According to the films press book, the first day of shoot was 19th january 1981. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten. Overview of puberty blues, 1981, directed by bruce beresford, with nell schofield, jadranka capelja, geoff rhoe, at turner classic movies. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Jul 14, 2017 for more weird videos plus strange film nights in london. Puberty blues 1981 was based on the book of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, a pair of reallife sydney teens who wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym the salami. The film is based on the 1979 novel puberty blues, by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, which is a protofeminist teen novel about two yearold girls from the lower middle class sutherland shire in sydney. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. The recent puberty blues 2012 tv series reminds nfsa television curator frances baldwin of watching the 1981 film version and receiving material from the film as an archivist in 1986.

Puberty blues and the representation of an australian. Glossary of slang from puberty blues posted 14 years ago by shogun7 31 replies. May 18, 2011 sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. Fasten your psychological seat belts this audio book is a bumpy ride. But teenagers devoured it and the bestselling book later became a classroom classic for. May 11, 2011 puberty blues is surely one those early 80s films with its own theme song that makes you just want to throw things at the tv screen, cringing at almost everything the film portrays. Book and film based on teenagers growing up in the surfing culture of the sutherland shire. This film was made in 1981 but it will certainly ring a bell with anyone who has ever wanted to belong to the cool gang. Puberty blues ends on a note of female empowerment when debbie and sue finally rebel against the social suffocaction they wanted to be part of, nothing shocking but still an encouraging strike against narrowmindedness. Puberty blues was first released on home video in the early 1980s. Music by tim finn of split enz and crowded house fame who wrote the theme song, among others and les gock. Oct 14, 2016 much has changed for women and girls since the film release of puberty blues in 1981. Glossary of slang from puberty blues puberty blues 1981.