Final Draft - Monday 24 September - Australian Gothic
from Neda Vanovac's Podcast - 2ser FM Hosted by Neda Vanovac
Tonight we're going for a stroll down empty suburban streets and across wide-open isolated paddocks as we have a look at what constitutes Australian gothic. It's not always haunted houses, long white dresses, and psychological thrills... or is it? Jeanavive spoke to writer Chi Vu, who has transposed a gruesome Buddhist folktale to the immigrant Vietnamese community of 1980s Footscray in Melbourne. And Chloe Hooper spoke with Neda about her return to fiction with The Engagement, an unsettling exploration of sexual fantasy. And then we have Tim Burton's 1988 short film Vincent, a rhyming story about a young boy who idolises the actor Vincent Price, slowly becoming consumed by his fantasy and mirroring Edgar Allen Poe's classic gothic poem, The Raven. Featured music: Magic and Moonlight by Nox Arcana
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