City Loop (film)

City Loop is a 2000 Australian film shot in Brisbane. Locations include Southbank, West End, Boondall.

City Loop
Directed byBelinda Chayko
Produced byBruce Redman
Written byStephen Davis
StarringJessica Napier
Sullivan Stapleton
Ryan Johnson
Brendan Cowell
Hayley McElhinney
Music byBiftek
CinematographyJosef Damien
Edited byNick Meyers
Production
company
Red Movies
Release date
2000
Running time
87 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

It was produced by Bruce Redman for the Queensland-based production company Red Movies

It was originally known as Bored Olives.

Plot

The lives and loves of several characters over a few hours on the same night, centering on a pizza delivery place called Speedys. The stories are:

  • chef Dom has a breakdown
  • driver Misca bets he can have sex with his last pizza delivery customer, Sophie
  • driver Erin is in love with best friend Robert
  • boss Katie is having an affair with a co-worker
  • occasional employee Megan has a wild night.

Cast
  • Sullivan Stapleton as Dom
  • Ryan Johnson as Mischa
  • Jessica Napier as Sophie
  • Brendan Cowell as Robert
  • Kellie Jones as Ein
  • Hayley McElhinney as Katie
  • Megan Dorman as Stacey
  • John Batchelor
  • Jason Gann

Production

The film was one of five movies produced by the AFC in association with SBS Independent as part of its "Million Dollar Movie Accord" initiative. The others were Fresh Air, A Wreck A Tangle, Mallboy and La Spagnola.[1]

The film was shot on super 16mm, and then blown up to 35mm, although it was never theatrically released.[2]

Release

The film premiered at the Asian Film Festival in Tokyo and was selected for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.

David Stratton in Variety called the film "a visually strong and well-handled pic about a bunch of unattractive and mostly uninteresting young people. Low-budgeter shows strong directorial talent largely wasted on thin material that's unnecessarily full of tricks."[3]

References
  2. City Loop (1994). Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  3. David Stratton, "City Loop", Variety, 9 July 2000 accessed 15 November 2012


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