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Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Directed by Rolf de Heer
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Overview
Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.
Rated NR | Length 114 minutes
Actors
Nicholas Hope | Ralph Cotterill | Claire Benito | Syd Brisbane | Ullie Birve | Natalie Carr | Celine O'Leary | Carmel Johnson | Grant Piro | Audine Leith | Lucia Mastrantone | Nikki Price | Fille Dusselee | Andy McPhee
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/08/2010 | N/A | DVD | Rented | 3.5 stars |
| (Average) 3.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
What a disturbing film but totally up my alley. An Australian drama where Bubby is kept in an underground basement by his mother since he was a boy and is now a grown man. She’s spent his entire life telling him that if he goes outside he’ll die from poison, so everytime she leaves she wears a gas mask. Not only is it fucked she keeps him in the basement but she also has sex with him, giving him a huge complex and also a love of huge tits because she’s a large woman. She brings him a cat which he plays with quite roughly, eventually killing it by suffocating it with plastic wrap, a hobby of his.
So Bubby gets out and into the world and the only way he can talk to people is to mimic what they say. He ends up meeting all sorts of fucked up people and eventually ends up in a band who appreciates his out there attitude.
While the movie on the whole is disturbing, its quite well done and you end up sympathizing with Bubby, who’s played well by Nicholas Hope. Rolf de Heer also took the soundtrack and recording it binaurally by putting the mics in Bubby’s wig so what you hear is how he would of heard it. I don’t know how much it added to the film, but if watched on headphones I’m sure it’d be great.
I do like the ending a lot. I don’t want to spoil it but its a good resolution to everything.
My dad had told me to check this out and he was right, it was up my alley. Definitely one of those crazy,dark independent films that should be seen.
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