Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla (2014)
10KChocolate Strawberry Vanilla: Directed by Stuart Simpson. With Glenn Maynard, Kyrié Nunan-Jackson, Aston Elliot, Louise Bremner. A black comedy/drama about a lonely ice-cream van driver, Warren Thompson, and his unhealthy obsession with television soap starlet, Katey George.
“If this is comedy, it is of a very dark sort: it does cover territory that Bad Boy Bubby did with more verve but, to itu0026#39;s credit, it has a unique take that is less surreal and is more a vignette than a tale. This movie is a huge easter egg hunt for fans of Australian (and NZ) cinema. For example; it is very much a twisted homage to the u0026quot;man aloneu0026quot; genre, so the decor of the main characteru0026#39;s house references the 70s/80s, when that genre ruled antipodean cinema. Donu0026#39;t let this put you off if this is terra incognita, the characters are very universal and the strokes very broad.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDefinitely worth seeing, ignore the negative reviews, you can see that they are from writers who expect a healthy measure of saccharine in the recipe. If you donu0026#39;t have a sweet tooth, this movie is a rewarding dish; the flavours are simple and bitter. This is its greatest achievement; proving that a film doesnu0026#39;t have to be a melange of complex themes and complex characters to be a tasty dish.”
