Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The writer and director of The Dry (2020) spoke to us about the making of his hit Australian film, working with Eric Bana and adapting Jane Harper's novel for the screen.
Explore objects from the THE DRY in our collection and display in our centrepiece exhibition, The Story of the Moving Image: https://www.acmi.net.au/works/119271--the-dry/
Robert Connolly spoke to Matt Millikan about adapting Jane Harper's The Dry into a blockbuster film, celebrating the cinema experience and supporting diverse Australian stories
https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/landscapes-of-memory-in-the-dry-eric-bana-jane-harper/
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The writer and director of The Dry (2020) spoke to us about the making of his hit Australian film, working with Eric Bana and adapting Jane Harper's novel for the screen.
Explore objects from the THE DRY in our collection and display in our centrepiece exhibition, The Story of the Moving Image: https://www.acmi.net.au/works/119271--the-dry/
Robert Connolly spoke to Matt Millikan about adapting Jane Harper's The Dry into a blockbuster film, celebrating the cinema experience and supporting diverse Australian stories
https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/landscapes-of-memory-in-the-dry-eric-bana-jane-harper/
____________________
Let's talk about the future of screen culture.
ACMI is Australia’s only national museum of film, TV, videogames, digital culture and art. Every donation, large or small, helps us inspire the next generation of storytellers, coders, makers, watchers and players.
DONATE: https://tickets.acmi.net.au/donate/i/23
Follow us
Facebook: facebook.com/acmionline
Instagram: instagram.com/acmionline
Twitter: twitter.com/ACMI
www.acmi.net.au
#thedry #ericbana #robertconnolly
