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One Man's Meat
Short Film (Full Length) – 1991
Donogh Rees stars as a wife on the brink of madness and homicide in this short film from Christine Parker (Channelling Baby). Struggling to deal with raw meat in the kitchen, Jo lapses into a dream-state and fantasises about fronting a girl group (featuring backing singers costumed as the Virgin Mary, a dominatrix and a Barbie doll). Flashbacks show her partner James (Alistair Browning) arriving home drunk; she goes alone to a dinner party where the host asks about his absence. Parker based her script on 'Waiting for Jim', a short story by Frances Cherry.
I've turned the sauna on for you.– Jo (Donogh Rees) to her husband
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
Canny Films
Acknowledgements
Made with with the assistance of the QEll Arts Council's Creative Film & Video Fund, the NZ Film Commission and TVNZ
Music
Featured song in fantasy sequence 'Where Would I Go' composed by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, performed by Dionne Warwick
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