Image: Palais goes gaudy for 21st century.
St Kilda is a small, wet island in the North Atlantic whose inhabitants hung off cliffs to steal puffin eggs for the nutrient. They are said to have evolved prehensile toes.
Australian filmmakers have to be very good at living on little and clinging on like hell, but they do have one other thing in common. The Melbourne suburb of St Kilda houses a goodly number of film people despite rising rents, and the opening night of the local film festival is the key social event in the beachside calendar.