Nicholas Peate

Cottontail sevgi, kabullenme ve ailedeki kayıpların evrensel bir portresini çiziyor. Eşi Akiko’nun ölümünden sonra Kenzaburo ile yetişkin oğlu Toshi, neredeyse öbür dünyadan saydıkları bir mektup alırlar. Akiko, eşinden ve oğlundan küllerini çocukken en çok sevdiği yere, İngiltere’deki Windermere Gölü’ne serpmelerini istemektedir. Bu beklenmedik talep karşısında şaşıran iki adam, Akiko’nun son arzusunu yerine getirmek için Tokyo’dan İngiltere’ye giderler. Ancak Kenzaburo’nun yolculuğu tüm ailesinden zorlu olacaktır. İngiliz-İrlandalı yönetmen Patrick Dickinson uçsuz bucaksız taşraya, insanlığa ve aile bağlarına odaklanan bu ilk uzun metrajında usta Japon sinemacı Ozu’yu anımsatan insancıl bir zarafet yakalıyor.

Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993. The first series of Phoenix in 1992 recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on a real case in the mid-1980s, the Russell Street Bombing. It was aided by extensive research into police techniques and was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, as well as having an involving storyline. The series was notable for its dark visual tone and for its no-holds-barred attitude to violence and language. It spawned a second thirteen-part series, Phoenix II, in 1993 as well as a spin-off series, Janus, in 1994 devoted to the machinations of court cases. The series was created and produced by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC have released Series 1 and 2 on DVD as a 4 DVD box set.