"Everything I've done up to the point of making Last Ride felt like it was a rehearsal", says Australian director Glendyn Ivin. If that's the case, it's been one hell of a rehearsal.
Ivin's short film Cracker Bag, which softly spoke of a young girl's excitement leading up to a fireworks night, was awarded the highest honour at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. It then went on to win Best Film and Best Screenplay in the short film category at the Australian Film Institute awards. Not a bad effort for your first short film.
If Cracker Bag was Ivin's matinee, then Last Ride is his grand opening. Adapted from Denise Young's novel, Last Ride is a brooding drama that explores the complex relationship between an abusive father and his ten year old son who are on the run in the harsh Australian outback. Starring Hugo Weaving and newcomer Tom Russell, Ivin's debut feature provides a deeply genuine character study of a man who, despite loving his son, is not fit to be a father.
With both Glendyn Ivin and Tom Russell recently in town promoting Last Ride, I had a chance to talk with the two about whether their respective backgrounds helped prepare them for their first feature film, what it was like working alongside the likes of Hugo Weaving and the fear and excitment of releasing their first feature film.




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