#CUT SNAKE POMMIE AND CHRIS MOVIE#

Cinematographer Simon Chapman notes: 'I wanted the movie to look cinematic even though we were working in sometimes very small interior spaces. This is a film with a rich colour palette and an elegant, sophisticated and bold look.

Our interpretation is aimed to evoke a mood or feeling – an emotional landscape.' 'I think that suits the nature of the film. 'We haven't been obsessive in our details ‐ we wanted to create a feel rather than a literal description', says Tony Ayres. Because for me that's the truth of relationships – we start off with more conventional ideas of who people are and the more you explore the more complicated and grey it becomes.'Ĭut Snake is unashamedly an interpretation of the 70s. I found it intriguing to make a story where you start off thinking one thing and by the end of the film you've swung around 180 degrees – the world no longer seems as two-‐dimensional. Pommie ignites this dark flame in Sparra. 'The idea is a thriller where the dilemma is no longer the bad guy – it's about what is dark within yourself. The two forces were really interesting as a central dynamic.' His love for Paula, and a kind of purity in that – and his attempt to keep his relationship in the chaos that Pommie represents. Tony was also interested in the central dilemma of Sparra: 'He is caught between these two oppositional forces. He really embodies a lot of contradictions which makes for a great character.' 'He really jumped off the page – a charming charismatic psychopath in love.

While it has gone through a number of changes since 2002, Tony Ayres always loved the character of Pommie. After a number of years it came across Tony Ayres's desk again, at which point he decided to option it. The prize for Blake Ayshford was a rehearsed reading of the screenplay directed by Tony Ayres. Torn between the two, Sparra ultimately realises that he'll have to fight to keep the past from destroying his future.Ĭut Snake was the winner of the Inaugural Adelaide Film Festival/Insite award for Best Unproduced Screenplay in 2002. Sparra is conflicted between his criminal past and the prospect of the new life he has been building with Paula. Pommie exerts his influence on everyone around him. But when Pommie starts to talk to Paula about Sparra's criminal past she becomes suspicious of him and his motives. Paula is initially intrigued by Pommie – she knows little of Sparra's past. Pommie, just out of prison, tracks down Sparra, expecting to pick things up where they left off. They are busy planning for their future, until Pommie turns up. Sparra and Paula appear as a regular young couple – in love and setting up their new home together. He has honest work and becomes engaged to Paula. Sparra is a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a fresh start in a new city. The film tracks the relationship between Sparra (Alex Russell) and Paula (Jessica De Gouw) and the impact on their lives of the charismatic and dangerous Pommie (Sullivan Stapelton). Synopsis: Cut Snake is a crime drama set in Melbourne in the mid-'70s. Cast: Sullivan Stapleton, Alex Russell, Jessica De Gouw

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