Redheap (1972)
- Country
- Australia
- Length
- 3 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This series is set in a small Australian country town in the 1890s. It follows the lives of people struggling against the restrictive social rules and snobbery of the time.
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What happens
Redheap, also published as Every Mother's Son, is a 1930 novel by Norman Lindsay. It is a story of life in a country town in Victoria, Australia in the 1890s. Lindsay portrays real characters struggling with the social restrictions of the day. Snobbery and wowserism are dominant themes. In 1930 it became the first Australian novel to be banned in Australia. The novel forms the first part of a trilogy, together with Saturdee and Halfway to Anywhere. The novel was adapted for television in 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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