CRITICAL
OVERVIEW:
Without going into the details of
particular films and titles, initially when I started making films
I was trying to do stuff that was entertaining for your general
audience. Then as I did film studies at uni, I got caught in the
trap of making stuff that maybe was a bit film academic, stuff
that would go over the head of your average punter. A 'trap' for
me because what I really wanted to do was make films for that
average punter. Though in the meatime I learned about tight script
writing, effective direction, and how to get solid performances
from actors on screen and on stage and that, I think, has held
me in good stead with my first feature that I have just made which
is a more 'from the gut' type film than something academic. 'From
the gut' for me meaning stories that make emotional sense to the
audience and 'academic' meaning stories that are
about an idea.
Greg Pakis,
April 2003
FILMOGRAPHY:
Nowhere
to Run
(1988, 28 mins, VHS)
Fatherly
Advice (1989, 5 mins, VHS)
On the
Trail of Teka (1990, 5 mins, VHS)
The Last
Minute (1990, 6 mins, Super 8)
My Blood
Stained Hands (1991, Super 8)
uncompleted
film - around 40 minutes in duration
Toilet
Trouble (1991, 6 mins, VHS)
Untitled
(1992, 54 mins, VHS)
Your Guide
to Successful Hitchhiking (1997, 5 mins, 16mm)
Untitled
(1998, 3 mins, Super 8)
The Garth
Method (1999, 5 mins, Super 16)
The
Garth Method (2004, 81 mins, Super 16 & MiniDV/DV-Cam)
Garth
Goes Hitch-Hiking (2007, 77 mins, MiniDV)
The Joe Manifesto (2009, 108 mins, HD)
SELECT
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The
Garth Method - Review, by Daniel Bernardi, Film Threat,
August 6, 2005.
The
Garth Method - Review - 4 stars, by Robert Flaxman, eFilmCritic,
August 23, 2005.
Interview
with Gregory Pakis and Garth Petridis, by Daniel Bernardi,
Film Threat, September 16, 2005.
©
Gregory Pakis, April 2009.
The
Garth Method website
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