Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur the Films of Rolf de Heer.

"Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur: The Films of Rolf de §Heer" is an auteur analysis of the twelve feature §films directed (mostly written and produced) by §Holland-born Australian Rolf de Heer. From the §children's story about the restoration of a Tiger §Moth biplane, "Tail of a Tiger" (1984), to his §breakout cult sensation "Bad Boy Bubby" (1993) §which "tore Venice apart," to the first Aboriginal §Australian language film "Ten Canoes" (2006) which §scooped the pool at the AFI awards and won the §Special Jury prize at Cannes Film Festival, de Heer §has been consistently unpredictable. However, §Starrs' close study of his work suggests that §Australia's most innovative and respected Arthouse §film-maker has a signature pre-occupation with §giving a voice to marginalized, non-hyper-masculine §protagonists. Demonstrating a propensity to write §and direct in a European-like style, de §Heer's "Dutch tilt" is very much non-mainstream §Hollywood, but is nevertheless representative of a §typically Australian world-view. "ENGAGINGLY WRITTEN §AND PERCEPTIVE ... A BLEND OF SYMPATHETIC §APPRECIATION AND INFORMED CRITICISM" - Professor §Greg Battye, the University of Canberra, Australia.