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They " re a weird Mob The film 'They " re a weird mob' is directed and produced by Michael Powell. This movie is based on an Italian journalist who migrates to Australia in the 1960'. The film goes through some of the problems that emigrants faced in Australia back in those days such as; understanding the language, trying to fit in with the Australian culture, finding jobs, dealing with racism etc... the film captures most of the issues that faced emigrants while at the same time making the movie funny and also romantic. This film is goes through the journey of an Italian journalist Nino Culotte who leaves his native country 'Italy' to migrate to Australia after his cousin promises him a job as a sports editor for a magazine called 'La Second a Madre'a. He arrives very green, and much amusement is caused by Nino's taking too literally some of the Australian slang.

Nino finds himself in a spot of bother when he goes to see his cousin and learns that he has left the journal, leaving Nino with a 232 pound debt for his ticket that was used to travel to Australia, which his cousin borrowed off Ms Kay Kelly, who later Nino falls in love with. Nino finds it very hard to understand the Australian slang and for a while in the movie refers to King's Cross as King's Bloody Cross. Needing some money to pay back Ms Kay Kelly, Nino applies for a job as a builder's labourer with a bloke by the name of Joe Kennedy. He soon makes friends with his workmates Pat, Dennis and Jimmy after they realise that Nino is a good man, his mates teach him the Aussie lingo and local customs. Every weekend Nino goes to Bondi Beach and visits Ms Kelly so he can make a down payment on the debt owed.

While at the beach he finds himself lost and confused, and then he goes for a swim on a no swim zone. This is evidence of Nino not understanding the Australian culture and customs. In the movie almost every spoken sentence contains either a "bloody" or "bugger" this makes the movie uniquely Australian and shows the Australian Culture involved in the movie. Nino who quickly learns how to be an Aussie falls in love with Ms Kay Kelly which makes the movie a little bit romantic and reminds people that it was not all bad for the emigrants in the 1960's. Overall, No one would probably have any desires to see this film because Australian people do not want to be reminded of what our country was like in the mid-1960's. Not that "reminded" is the right word, for most of us either weren't born or weren't here in 1960's, and so it's easy for us to suppose that this film is nothing more than a sustained exercise in wog-bashing, and a celebration of everything we " ve all been earnestly trying to escape ever since the introduction of decimal currency.

Most that lived and experienced life in those days would be thinking that if they saw this film, how much it will it make them cringe. However even though this film might make people cringe is a bit more moving, wittier, and more enlightened, than people might think and there is no wog bashing..