Welcome to Ugly Country: Nostalgia and Nationalism in Stephan Elliott's 'Swinging Safari'

Helmed by the director of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, new film Swinging Safari is equal parts gaudy ocker comedy and grotesque retrospective for a bygone time. According to Dave Crewe, however, buried in its humour are missed moments of cutting satire about the sometimes-slipshod progressiveness and political instability of 1970s Australia.

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