The Naked Bunyip

1970 / VHS

Johnny's comments:

Documentary that uses the fictional premise of a reporter (Graeme Blundell of Alvin Purple fame basically playing the same character with less female interest) who is asked to look into the state of sex around Australia. Over two and a quarter hours long and quite an extensive lot of the second half is about homosexuality (a very 1970 version of it). There's a lot of interviews (including a bafflingly unfunny one with Dame Edna Everage) and a fair bit of nudity from anonymous people as barely anyone is named except for 'important' talking heads. Locally famous transwoman Carlotta is interviewed about her show Les Girls and her life which is still surprisingly prescient about current trans issues. There's a 2014 telemovie about Carlotta starring Jessica Marais that has a little bit of nudity in it. Jacki Weaver is also interviewed saying she's never been asked to take her clothes off. That would change soon (see Alvin Purple). Otherwise, I have no idea who anyone else is.

In some of the videos below you'll see scenes where an animated picture of a 'naked bunyip' appears which comes up in parts where the filmmakers were told to censor the scene. It comes up surprisingly regularly and in the most random of moments. A lesbian kiss is censored. Very strange.

I capped these from a VHS rip so there might be an issue particularly with the audio but the videos are otherwise fine.

Jacqueline Passmore, Carlotta and unknowns film clips (see below)

Passmore

Carlotta

That Lady From Peking

1971 / VHS

Sandy Gore

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