Head On
by Ana Kokkinos
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Actor: Alex Dimitriades, Elena Mandalis, Julian Garner, Paul Capsis, Tony NikolakopoulosDirector: Ana Kokkinos
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Greek (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-10-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Strand Releasing
Movie Reviews of Head On
Movie Review: This is kinda xenophobic, right?
Summary: 2 Stars
Okay, I get it: some people don't like when multiply-oppressed main characters end on top and expose the prejudices of society? I, and most people, loved them some "Color Purple," but others would just dismiss it as "PC." Here, an immigrant and a gay man is the main character. This work spends much more time showing him doing drugs, being racist, activing violent, etc., than it does exposing homophobia and xenophobia in Australia.
This work never suggests that Australia is homophobic. The English-derived gay guy is portrayed as good and wonderful. The fact that he beats the main character up for a fight that the main character stupidly started is a sign that this English guy is meant to be seen as better than the Greek immigrant. So my spidey sense says this work is xenophobic. There's no true look into how English-derived Australians may treat recent immigrants in nasty fashion. This film is much more about present a Greek immigrant young man as violent, hedonistic, selfish, disrespectful, and just evil.
It's funny to me how in the US, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was a hit and was designed to portray Greek immigrants in a positive, though silly, light. This work had the opposite effect and purpose. I wonder if this shows an angst about Greek immigrants in Australia that the US hasn't really had in more than a century. Politics aside, this movie was slow and overly long at times. I have no idea how the director thought the production of this film would make the world a better place.
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