Book Club at the NFSA: Head On (35mm)
Schedule
Sun Aug 25 2024 at 01:00 pm
UTC+10:00Location
NFSA Canberra | Canberra, CT
You're invited to Book Club at the NFSA in partnership with Canberra Writers Festival - a new series of screenings and discussions exploring how culturally significant books have been adapted and reimagined as films.Head On is adapted from the 1995 novel Loaded, the debut title from bestselling Australian author Christos Tsiolkas (The Slap, Barracuda). The narrative offers a 24-hour window into the life of troubled protagonist Ari, a young, queer, Greek Australian man who finds himself alienated from just about everything.
Ana Kokkinos’ film adaptation stars Alex Dimitriades as the 19-year-old Ari, who seeks short-term ecstasy in drugs and anonymous sexual encounters while struggling to relate to his traditional parents (Tony Nikolakopoulos and Eugenia Fragos).
Head On is a gripping dive into class, culture and sexuality in 1990s urban Australia.
The screening will be followed a discussion of Australian grunge lit and the novels and film adaptations of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (John Birmingham), Monkey Grip (Helen Garner) and Loaded (Christos Tsiolkas).
