Online Filmmaker Q&A: “True History of the Kelly Gang” Director Justin Kurzel

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Director Justin Kurzel is expected to participate in an online Q&A.

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1917’s George MacKay puts his charismatic stamp on the legendary 19th-century Australian outlaw in Justin Kurzel’s thrilling, drenched-in-blood adaptation of Peter Carey’s acclaimed novel. Rebelling against the British that have colonized his homeland and humiliated his parents, Ned Kelly fronts a gang that is flamboyant in dress—and mayhem. The outstanding cast includes Charlie Hunnam as a scurrilous lawman and Russell Crowe as a grizzled bushranger. Jed Kurzel’s eerie score and rural Victoria’s blasted landscape further the tense aura in this gloriously offbeat Western.

“The Robin Hood-like renegade hero of the Antipodean common man, Ned Kelly gets a ripping reinvention in director Justin Kurzel’s feverish punk Western, a raw rebel yell of a movie that combines visceral violence with a kind of delirious, scrappy poetry.” –David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Watch IFC Films’ True History of the Kelly Gang at home, then join us for an in-depth conversation with director Justin Kurzel in which he will discuss the making of this remarkably innovative adaptation.
 
Members who RSVP for this event will be sent a link via email one day in advance to register for the online session, which will be conducted with Zoom. We recommend that you download and install Zoom on your computer or mobile device in advance, and set yourself up with a free account. Attendees will have a chance to participate in the Q&A with a text chat function. Registration closes around one hour before the start of the event — be sure to register early!
 
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Director Justin Kurzel

Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel made his feature debut with The Snowtown Murders (2011), winning the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards for best direction. His other films include Macbeth (2015) and Assassin’s Creed (2016).

“In Australia, [Ned Kelly is] made out to be a beacon. [His image] was at the beginning of our opening ceremony at the Olympics. The right-wing use him as a kind of icon. He’s been kind of stolen by everyone as something that is Australian, and I was really curious about why we place a certain sense of who we are on him. He was a kid, when he died, and there was something about poking at the mythology of him that I thought could be really, really interesting.” –Justin Kurzel, Deadline

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