Rialto Newmarket Fri 6 April, 6.20 pm
Sat 7 April, 1.00 pm
Paramount Wed 18 April, 1.45 pm
Sun 22 April, 11.15 am
Regent Theatre Thu 26 April, 1.30 pm
Tue 1 May, 6.30 pm
Hollywood 3 Fri 4 May, 2.15 pm
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THE TRIANGLE WARS
Architects, engineers and city planners take the lead in Urbanized,but politicians and developers hold all the cards in The Triangle Wars, an alarming (and disarmingly funny) account of urban development closer to home. In May 2007, a $300 million retail and entertainment plaza was proposed for the triangle of crown land adjacent to the Palais Theatre on the foreshore of St Kilda, Melbourne. Stunned by the size and nature of the development, multifarious elements in the local community united to oppose it. Kiwi filmmaker Rosie Jones followed the three-year battle of wits that ensued. The struggle is a classic one, the stuff of The Castle and countless Citizens vs City Hall dramas. Populated with a colourful array of obligingly forthright players on both sides of the barricades, The Triangle Wars is a vivid encapsulation of a vital struggle taking place in countless Western cities.
Australia | 2011 | 90 minutes Director/Editor: Rosie Jones Producers: Lizzette Atkins, Peter George Photography: Michael Williams Music: Dale Cornelius With: Serge Thomann, Dick Gross, Steve McMillan Festivals: Melbourne 2011
