Dogs in Space
Screening on Film
Directed by Richard Lowenstein.
With Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles.
Australia, 1987, 35mm, color, 103 min.
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With Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles.
Australia, 1987, 35mm, color, 103 min.
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Set against the late 1970s punk scene in Melborune, Australia, Dogs in Space focuses on the day-to-day life of a band living in a communal house filled with an eclectic group of wanna-bes and hangers-on. Richard Lowenstein had previously worked as a director of music videos, which led to the casting of his close friend Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS, in the lead role. With a soundtrack fueled by Iggy Pop, Brian Eno and Gang of Four, Lowenstein’s account of an era he knew all too well (he briefly lived with the band on which his film is based) is evocative of the era without falling into the trappings of nostalgia.
