Autopsy on a Dream

Autopsy on a Dream (2013)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2013-10-20
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ABC Arts
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Director: John Weiley
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Summary

In 1968, John Weiley shot 'Autopsy on a Dream' - a film about the Sydney Opera House detailing its construction process and the politics of Jorn Utzon's dismissal. Weiley's film was controversial; it was screened once and then he was told it had been destroyed. Forty five years later a copy was discovered in the BBC vaults by an ABC producer looking for archive footage of the Opera House. Weiley was contacted and told about a film that had no sound track. Weiley was overjoyed; for years he had kept the original sound. So began the painstaking process of restoring this record of a unique moment in Australian culture to its former glory, complete with updated voice-over from the original narrator, Bob Ellis. It is set in context by a 30 minute prologue entitled 'The Dream of Perfection'. Made by the same filmmaker, John Weiley, forty-five years on, 'Dream of Perfection' tells the story of the 1968 film - from commission to destruction, to surprise resurrection.

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  • Bob Ellis

    as Self
  • John Weiley

    as Self
  • Jan Utzon

    as Self
  • Lin Utzon

    as Self
  • Jorn Utzon

    as Self
  • Richard le Plaistrier

    as Self
  • David Attenborough

    as Self
Production John Maynard Producer
Production Donna Chang Producer
Directing John Weiley Director
Writing John Weiley Writer

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