Bad Boy Bubby

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Bad Boy Bubby
Directed by Rolf de Heer
Written by Rolf de Heer
Starring Nicholas Hope,
Claire Benito,
Ralph Cotterill
Editing by Suresh Ayyar
Release date(s) 1993
Running time 112 mins
Language English
IMDb profile

Bad Boy Bubby (1993 Port Adelaide, Australia) is a black comedy and drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer. It stars Nicholas Hope and Carmel Johnson.

Bubby became notorious for pushing the boundaries of good taste with its strong scenes featuring violence, incest and blasphemy amongst other taboo topics. In the UK it was cut for cruelty to a cat.[1] The film was released on DVD in April 2005 by the Blue Underground company, and a special Two Disc Collectors' Edition was also released in June 2005 by Umbrella Entertainment.

On the Blue Underground DVD, actor Nicholas Hope claims that Bubby was the 2nd highest grossing film in Norway in 1995, second only to Batman Forever.

On 23/04/07 Eureka Entertainment released Bad Boy Bubby on DVD - Completely uncut for the first time in the UK

Bubby won four 1994 Australian Film Institute awards; Best Director (Rolf de Heer), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nicholas Hope), Best Original Screenplay (Rolf de Heer) and Best Editing (Suresh Ayyar). It was also nominated for Best Film (Rolf de Heer) and Best Cinematography (Ian Jones).

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Plot

Bubby (played by Hope) is a 35-year-old man who has never set foot outside his mother's (actress Claire Benito) two-room slum. She kept him from the world outside, telling him that there is poisonous gas out there and without the gas mask he will instantly suffocate.

When Bubby's father ("Pop" played by Ralph Cotterill) returns home after 35 years, Bubby is driven out to head into an inhospitable world.

Audio and visual innovation

Director Rolf de Heer describes the movie as one large experiment, the most prominent of which is the method used to record the dialogue; binaural microphones were sewn into the wig worn by leading actor Nicholas Hope, one above each ear. This method gave the sound track a unique sound that closely resembled what the character would actually be hearing. The film also used 31 individual directors of photography to shoot different scenes. Once the character of Bubby reaches 'outside' a different director of photography is used for every location until the last third of the film - allowing an individual visual slant on everything Bubby sees for the first time. No director of photography was allowed to refer to the work of the others.[1]

References

  1. ^ de Heer, R. Directors Statement - London Film Festival (1993) accessed July 22, 2008.

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