Autopsy on a Dream

October. 20,2013      
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1968, John Weiley shot 'Autopsy on a Dream' - a film about the Sydney Opera House detailing its construction process and the politics of Jorn Utzon's dismissal. Weiley's film was controversial; it was screened once and then he was told it had been destroyed. Forty five years later a copy was discovered in the BBC vaults by an ABC producer looking for archive footage of the Opera House. Weiley was contacted and told about a film that had no sound track. Weiley was overjoyed; for years he had kept the original sound. So began the painstaking process of restoring this record of a unique moment in Australian culture to its former glory, complete with updated voice-over from the original narrator, Bob Ellis. It is set in context by a 30 minute prologue entitled 'The Dream of Perfection'. Made by the same filmmaker, John Weiley, forty-five years on, 'Dream of Perfection' tells the story of the 1968 film - from commission to destruction, to surprise resurrection.

David Attenborough as  Self

Reviews

Artivels
2013/10/20

Undescribable Perfection

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Matrixiole
2013/10/21

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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InformationRap
2013/10/22

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Hayden Kane
2013/10/23

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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