Goalpost Pictures
The Eternity Man
Synopsis
The Eternity Man is a film opera like no other; in a universal tale of hope and redemption a lonely man, consumed with self-loathing and religious zeal, wanders the streets of Sydney writing the word Eternity on the pavements in an immaculate, copperplate hand.
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The story of Arthur Stace The Eternity Man runs like a song line through 20th century Sydney history. Spanning four decades, Arthur Stace's nocturnal mission to chalk his timeless message on the city streets somehow captured its changing soul and to this day his journey remains part of its quintessential urban history.
Based on the 2003 Opera, The Eternity Man is a unique film where words, music and moving images combine to create something both startling and new - ‘The Eternity Man' excites the senses. The high calibre creative team including Jonathan Mills, the prominent Australian composer who now holds the post of director of the Edinburgh Festival; Dorothy Porter, the well respected novelist; UK Director Julien Temple (Jo Strummer the Future is Unwritten, The Filth & the Fury) and Producers Rosemary Blight (Clubland) and UK based John Wyver (who won an International Emmy for his last filmed Opera ‘Glorianna'), from Illuminations in the UK, joined forces to ensure the creation of true ‘Event Television'.
This is an ABC TV and Channel 4 UK television presentation.