Mount Buller, Friday 9th, 6pm
Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive
Year
1988
Director
John Hillcoat
Running Time
93 minutes
Starring
David Field, Chris DeRose, Nick Cave
Central Industrial is a "New Generation" maximum security prison, surrounded by razor wire and an electrified fence, and situated in the middle of the Australian desert. No-one leaves. At the beginning of the film, it's locked down - the prisoners confined to their cells - and we flash back to the series of events which led to this. It began with the transference of some more violent criminals into the prison, creating a tense atmosphere that could only get worse. Pleas to the authorities are ignored. Soundtrack by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey and Blixa Bargeld.