Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.

Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else.

In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.

I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give creative control to overseas 'cause whoever comes on my sets, whether you're sweeping the floor or an actor, it doesn't matter who comes up with the ideas, it's a collaboration.