My Brilliant Career (1979): A Sam Neill Tribute Episode
Beth and Michelle revisit My Brilliant Career (1979), Gillian Armstrong’s Australian period drama starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill. Sybylla Melvyn is a headstrong aspiring writer surrounded by people who believe marriage is the only sensible future for a young woman. Then she meets the charming Harry Beecham and discovers that choosing freedom becomes much harder when the life she is refusing includes someone she may genuinely love.
This week, we discuss the film’s beautiful, almost painterly landscapes, its deliberately slow pacing, one unexpectedly complete pillow fight, and the maddening…
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