The world’s favourite koala stars in a film with plenty of hijinx and tacky Australiana, while carefully shying away from political or social allegory
Australia’s happy-go-lucky anthropomorphic koala, Blinky Bill, has long been a proponent of environmental conscientiousness, but went on something of an activist phase in the decade before the turn of the century. His smiley face and red dungarees were front and centre of legendary animator Yoram Gross’s 1992 movie, which put forward a pointy anti-logging message echoed in the subsequent three-season TV spin-off.
In Gross’s box office hit (the film grossed around $2m locally) Blinky faced down maniacal lumberjacks who chopped up his forest home. In a scene that must have scared the bejesus out of young children, the furry little fella and his girlfriend came inches away from being turned to mulch. Later in the decade Blinky was recruited as the official mascot...
Australia’s happy-go-lucky anthropomorphic koala, Blinky Bill, has long been a proponent of environmental conscientiousness, but went on something of an activist phase in the decade before the turn of the century. His smiley face and red dungarees were front and centre of legendary animator Yoram Gross’s 1992 movie, which put forward a pointy anti-logging message echoed in the subsequent three-season TV spin-off.
In Gross’s box office hit (the film grossed around $2m locally) Blinky faced down maniacal lumberjacks who chopped up his forest home. In a scene that must have scared the bejesus out of young children, the furry little fella and his girlfriend came inches away from being turned to mulch. Later in the decade Blinky was recruited as the official mascot...
- 9/16/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
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