Image: Bud Tingwell and Chips Rafferty in a publicity still for Captain Thunderbolt, directed by Cecil Holmes in 1953. We don’t do elegant thugs like that any more.
What is a hero in the screen sector? She is a person who makes gripping television or film projects, and/or touches the artistic soul of our culture, and/or plays well overseas. There is a special category of heads of department who as a mob win more Oscars than any of our official creatives. They are compelling and defining people.
