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Compo (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Compo' is a 1989 low budget Australian film.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29
Buesst made it while running the St Kilda Film Festival.
Premise
A man goes to work for the state compensation office.
Cast
*Jeremy Stanford as Paul Harper
*Bruce Kerr as David Bartlett
*Christopher Barry as Carlo Garbanzo
*Elisabeth Crockett as Gina
*Cliff Neate as Dale Bradley
Reception
The 'Tribune' said the film "was mostly funny, but a little too long. Although it's a
parody of the worst aspects of the public service, the portrayal of people with injuries as leeches on society did get a little annoying. Nonetheless, for a small budget, home-grown movie Nigel Buesst has done very well."
'The Age' said it "had a smattering of excellent on liners but is a narrative and satirical shambles and is further sullied by some dreadful miscasting."
References
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