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Greenkeeping
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Greenkeeping is a
small-scale, immensely likeable Australian film from writer-director David
Caesar.
It
is a worthy addition to a veritable national genre: quirky tales of everyday
life, where the world changes slowly and reluctantly while people struggle to
communicate their feelings to each other for more than a fleeting, fumbling
moment or two.
Mark
Little plays Lenny, greenkeeper at a suburban bowls club that is being
overtaken by time and changing customs. At home, his wife Sue (Lisa Hensley) is
bored and bombed out on dope, while her dealers are getting a little restless
for payment.
Caesar
leisurely paints the canvas of an entire social milieu: from die-hard religious
fundamentalism through to arriving multiculturalism. The film displays a
special insight into typical Aussie speech patterns.
Greenkeeping is
sometimes clumsy and stiffly stylised, but its downbeat humour is truly
infectious.
MORE Caesar: Idiot Box, Mullet, Carcrash © Adrian Martin January 1994 |
