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Michael Yezerski is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as The Waiting City, The Black Balloon (for which he won an APRA Award and a Screen Music Award), Newcastle, and Thursday's Fictions, as well as collaborations with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices Children's Choir (such as ...
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English. Budget. A$5 million. Box office. $2,136,663 [specify] The Black Balloon is a 2008 Australian comedy-drama film starring Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward as well as a cast of newcomers. It is directed by first-time feature film director, Elissa Down. [1]
Michael Yezerski’s music is emotional, beautiful, intense, and surprising. Michael is always looking for new musical languages and ways to express the inexpressible. He is fundamentally a musical storyteller and the sheer range of his work makes him unique among artists in film music today. Michael’s scores are deeply emotive.
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Fiona (Radha Mitchell) and Ben (Joel Edgerton) are a couple from Australia—she is a successful, self-starting lawyer while he is a relaxed, easy-going musician. Fiona and Ben, who want to adopt a child, travel to India for what they imagine will be a quick and simple process. However, once they arrive in Calcutta (now Kolkata) they learn that littl...
Motherhood
Motherhood is a key theme in The Waiting City. Fiona has conflict over two different domains of her life regarding family and career - her new role as a mother and her career as a lawyer. She prioritises her career over motherhood. The film describes how this has negative consequences upon her marriage to Ben. In films and literature, motherhood is shown in a conventional and traditional style where it represents femininity. Fiona's character representation as a "career-centred contemporary w...
Gender roles
The topic of gender roles is a key theme in The Waiting City. Fiona and Ben are represented as opposite character types which challenge traditional gender roles. Fiona is shown as a "career-centred contemporary woman" and Ben is described as her "male antithesis." The film creates a "battle of sexes" and strong power imbalance in their relationship. The Waiting City looks at how initially, Fiona and Ben challenge the traditional gender roles. Fiona is dominating and Ben has a lack of masculin...
Adoption
Adoption is a key theme in The Waiting City. It is the main reason for Fiona and Ben's trip to India. The Waiting City shows international adoption, where Fiona and Ben adopt their daughter, Lakshmi, from India. McCarthy, the film's director, wanted to discuss the additional complexities of adoption. Throughout the film, Fiona and Ben are faced with questions from people in India, such as their driver Krishna, about whether or not Lakshmi will be their adopted child or will she always belong...
Development
Claire McCarthy, the director of The Waiting City, used to volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity in India in 2002. She volunteered at the Mother Teresa Center and from her volunteering experiences, she was able to develop content for her 2008 documentary film Sisters. Following the documentary, McCarthy started to develop ideas for The Waiting Cityafter meeting children in India who were waiting to be adopted. The Producer Offset, which provides funds to producers for the creation of Aus...
Pre-production
Prior to filming, McCarthy and the film's director of photography, Denson Baker, went on research trips to India to observe the filming locations. Baker compiled over 6,000 photos during the pre-production phase. Baker has since worked on cinematography for television shows such as Victoria in 2017 and The Luminaries in 2020, and films such as Opheliain 2018. Separate casting directors were used for the cast of The Waiting City, with one casting director in Australia and another casting direc...
Production
The film was produced by Jamie Hilton. The Waiting City was his theatrical debut as a producer. Following this film, he has worked on other films such as Sleeping Beauty in 2011, The Little Death in 2014, and Backtrackin 2015. Beginning in late 2008, The Waiting City took 32 days to shoot. There were 120 members on the Indian production team, originating from Mumbai and Calcutta. In the Australian team, there were 10 production members and three cast members. Production design for the film wa...
Release
The Waiting City premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festivalon 16 September 2009, and received its wide release in Australian cinemas on 15 July 2010.
Box office
On its opening weekend, The Waiting City grossed $119,021 in Australia.In total, the film grossed $500,641.
Critical response
The Waiting City earned mixed reviews; critics praised the cinematography, script and relationships explored in the film, but criticised the representation of the characters. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75%, with an average score of 6.40/10, based on 16 reviews. Giles Hardie, an Australian film critic with the Sydney Morning Herald, gave The Waiting City 4 stars out of 5. He wrote that the film is "a beautifully crafted bitter-sweet exploration of a functional but n...
The score was composed and conducted by Michael Yezerski, an Australian composer known for his scores in films including The Black Balloon and Newcastle. He has previously won awards at the 2008 Screen Music Awards for his work in The Black Balloon. Julia Stone, an Australian folk singer-songwriter from the folk and indie pop group Angus & Julia, a...
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by Rich Wilson. Australian composer Michael Yezerski’s often avant-garde approach to film and television scores has earned him plaudits for his evolving sound, be it for horror movies such as 2019’s The Vigil or full orchestral grandeur for 2022's children’s film Ivy + Bean.
