Imaginary Life, An (3-Day Rental)

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An illuminating profile of the writer David Malouf, recognised as one of Australia's finest novelists and poets. In 1996, his book Remembering Babylon was considered by IMPAC literary judges to be the best novel written by anyone, anywhere, in any language, in the preceding three years. Narrated by Geoffrey Rush and shot in Australia, Italy, England and Ireland, this film uses a combination of dramatisations, interviews and archival footage to explore Malouf's life and work, interweaving the imagined world of his writing with the places and experiences that have inspired him.

(1996, 57 mins) A Film Australia and RM Associates production. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

© National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.