| Burning Man | |
| Director: | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Producer: | Andy Paterson Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Starring: | Matthew Goode Bojana Novakovic |
| Music: | Lisa Gerrard |
| Cinematography: | Garry Phillips |
| Editing: | Martin Connor |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures[1] Transmission Films |
| Runtime: | 109 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
Burning Man is a 2011 Australian drama film written and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.[2] [3]
Burning Man tells the story of Tom (Matthew Goode), a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have chosen to disobey his boss, and his actions are tolerated by everyone around him. As Tom descends into darkness from a car crash in his Volkswagen, pieces of a different story start to emerge. Every woman around him tries, in different ways, to help Tom put himself back together.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of .[4]
Fiona Williams of SBS awarded the film four stars out of five, observing that the film is an "experiential kaleidoscope of sex, love, and the numbing nihilism that accompanies a traumatic event." She also notes that "Burning Man manages to bring energy, originality and depth to a storyline that is itself something of a trope: ‘The Cancer Film’."[5]
| Award | Category | Subject | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA Award (2nd) | Best Film | Andy Paterson | |
| Jonathan Teplitzky | |||
| Best Direction | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | |||
| Best Actor | Matthew Goode | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Essie Davis | ||
| Best Cinematography | Garry Phillips | ||
| Best Editing | Martin Connor | ||
| Best Sound | David Lee | ||
| Gethin Creagh | |||
| Andrew Plain | |||
| Best Production Design | Steven Jones-Evans | ||
| Best Costume Design | Lizzy Gardiner | ||
| Australian Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Matthew Goode | |
| Best Editing | Martin Connor | ||
| ASE Award | Best Editing in a Feature Film | ||
| Australian Screen Sound Guild Award | Best Sound Mixing | David Lee | |
| Gethin Creagh | |||
| Andrew Plain | |||
| AWGIE Award | Feature Film - Original | Jonathan Teplitzky | |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Film | Andy Paterson | |
| Jonathan Teplitzky | |||
| Best Director | |||
| Best Screenplay | |||
| Best Actor | Matthew Goode | ||
| Best Actress | Bojana Novakovic | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Essie Davis | ||
| Best Young Actor | Jack Heanly | ||
| Best Cinematography | Garry Phillips | ||
| Best Editor | Martin Connor | ||
| Best Music Score | Lisa Gerrard | ||
| Australian Screen Music Award | Feature Film Score of the Year | ||