LOVE IS NOW
The state of the Australian film industry? Jim Lounsbury says, “If a nation doesn’t have an ability to tell its own stories [it] becomes a little bit culturally lost, trying to find [its] identity; it is a critical time for Australia.”
His first feature film Love Is Now will open in 23 cinemas around the country this Thursday. It’s a love story with a difference and a Sixth Sense-like twist in the ending.
The leads are Eamon Farren (Red Dog, Carlotta) and Claire van der Boom (The Square, Red Hill). Jim was impressed with the empathy between them and feels Farren’s natural acting style, combined with striking features, could see him bound for an international career.
American by birth, Lounsbury describes himself as ‘Australian-made’ – his entire professional career as a filmmaker has been here. Starting in music videos, his love of telling real-life narratives lured him to documentary.
The current film is about his twelfth script. In partnership with a US studio he’s developing Children of the Sun – a sci-fi fantasy he hopes to film in a desert area here.
He says, “It is important that we find a way to empower Australian filmmakers to continue to tell Australian stories.” (MMu)
