Pure Shit
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DVD release cover from 2010
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| Directed by | Bert Deling |
| Produced by | Bob Weis |
| Written by | Bert Deling Anne Hetherington Alison Hill John Hooper Ricky Kallend John Laurie David Shepherd John Tulip Bob Weis |
| Starring | Garry Waddell Anne Hetherington Carol Porter |
| Music by |
Martin Armiger Red Symons |
| Cinematography | Tom Cowan |
| Edited by | John Scott |
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Apogee Films
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Running time
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83 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$28,000 |
Pure Shit (censored as Pure S) is a 1975 Australian drama film directed by Bert Deling.
When the film premiered at Melbourne’s Playbox in May 1976, the Vice Squad raided the theatre. It was initially banned, then given an R certificate, and the title was changed from Pure Shit to Pure S.
The low-budget film provoked a hostile reaction from the mainstream media on its initial release. It is now considered an "underground" classic.
A young woman dies of a heroin overdose. Four junkies who knew her commandeer her car and spend 24 hours searching the streets of Melbourne for good quality heroin, and excitement.
The film's budget was partly provided by the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council and partly by the Buoyancy Foundation, an organisation to help drug takers. Bert Deling says he was particularly influenced by Jean Renoir and Howard Hawks.
Lead actor Garry Waddell says he helped with the script:
It was really good having Bert there because he helped me a lot. If you weren't sure of anything you could always get reassurance from him or the cameraman, Tom Cowan. It wasn't a hard movie to work on because it was so enjoyable. The relationships between people on the film were always good.
The Commonwealth film censors initially banned the movie but allowed it to be released with an "R" rating provided the title was changed from Pure Shit to Pure S. Deling later said that the film "played two weeks at Melbourne’s Playbox and had a short Sydney run … but very few people got to see it, and we didn’t make a cent from it." The movie was polarising, with the critic of the Herald calling it "the most evil film that I've ever seen" but others such as Bob Ellis championing it.
The film was released on DVD in 2009.
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