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Released the same year as Death in Brunswick, with which it is often compared, Nirvana Street Murder is a tragi-comedy which similarly deals with the issues of multi-cultural relationships, inner-city life, romance and being on the wrong side of the law.
The narrative follows Luke and Boady O'Hagan, brothers who live together in a seedy section of Melbourne. While in all respects a model citizen, Luke's clandestine romance with a Greek-Australian teacher is seemingly his only act of defiance. Her conservative and traditional parents would be horrified to know that she was seriously considering marriage to a non-Greek. Boady, on the other hand, deals in drugs and likes to live on the edge. When one of his deals goes wrong, all three of them, along with Boady's pregnant girlfriend, are forced into hiding.
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Engendering the Greek : The Shifting Representations of Greek Identity in Australian Cinema
2003
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criticism
— Appears in: Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003; (p. 211-222) An exploration of Greek / Greek-Australian identity in Australian cinema. -
Melbourne Style in Action Drama
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 4 April 1992; (p. 8)
— Review of Nirvana Street Murder 1991 single work film/TV -
Looking for a New Project to Beat Nirvana
1992
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biography
— Appears in: The Age , 21 February 1992; (p. 12) -
Out of the Past
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , June no. 32 1991; (p. 17)
— Review of Nirvana Street Murder 1991 single work film/TV
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Out of the Past
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , June no. 32 1991; (p. 17)
— Review of Nirvana Street Murder 1991 single work film/TV -
Melbourne Style in Action Drama
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 4 April 1992; (p. 8)
— Review of Nirvana Street Murder 1991 single work film/TV -
Looking for a New Project to Beat Nirvana
1992
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 21 February 1992; (p. 12) -
Engendering the Greek : The Shifting Representations of Greek Identity in Australian Cinema
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003; (p. 211-222) An exploration of Greek / Greek-Australian identity in Australian cinema.
