Global Haywire DVD
Starring Barry Otto & Robyn Nevin
Written, directed and animated by Bruce Petty
Featuring commentary from Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Tariq Ali & Robert Fisk
Rating: M
Running time: 80 mins
Written, directed and animated by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and cartoonist Bruce Petty, Global Haywire is a wholly original approach to one of the most important questions of our time. Why have we have reached the present crisis point between East and West?
Petty gathers a committee of real and animated figures to investigate. Evidence is heard from
students and luminaries such as Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali and Robert Fisk. A
wealth of archival footage and issues from globalisation to diminishing oil reserves and
terrorism are thrown into this animated mixing pot. Petty's brilliant satirical creation suggests
that madness is indeed at the heart of our global situation, and takes just a touch of visual
mayhem to put the point across.
Bruce Petty is one of Australia’s best-known political satirists and cartoonists and he is the only
Australian to have won an Academy Award for animation. Petty's work as an illustrative
journalist has taken him to many of the world's trouble spots such as Vietnam, Timor and
Pakistan, as well as to the United States for regular first-hand coverage of the elections. His
work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Mirror, The Australian, Punch and The
Age and on the ABC and his previous film work includes the short films Leisure and Human
Contraptions. Global Haywire marks Bruce Petty’s feature film debut.
Bruce Petty is one of Australia’s best-known political satirists and cartoonists and he is the only
Australian to have won an Academy Award for animation. Petty's work as an illustrative
journalist has taken him to many of the world's trouble spots such as Vietnam, Timor and
Pakistan, as well as to the United States for regular first-hand coverage of the elections. His
work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Mirror, The Australian, Punch and The
Age and on the ABC and his previous film work includes the short films Leisure and Human
Contraptions. Global Haywire marks Bruce Petty’s feature film debut.
DVD Extras:
Petty's 1971 short film Australian History, 5 short animated political cartoons, audio commentary with Bruce and Sam Petty.
RRP: $29.95
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