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PASCALL PRIZE FOR CRITICAL WRITING
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- 2003 Judges' Report
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- Julie Rigg
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Julie Rigg's reviews for ABC Radio National display a
true love of film and a consistently original point of view
expressed in a warm and personal tone. Particularly engaging is her
way of using the review of a single film to embark on a discussion
of the genre to which it belongs and the cinematic influences which
have gone into its making. She's skilled, too, at putting films into
a social and political context.
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She has been reviewing now for a decade, but her distinguished
career in journalism as both writer and broadcaster goes back much
further. She began as a cadet on The Daily Telegraph, then
moved on to The Australian, where she worked as a reporter,
feature writer and columnist before switching to broadcasting with
ABC Radio in the 1970's. And her experience in all these areas is
reflected in her broad range of interests. Film is a synthesis of
all the arts - something her reviews never fail to take into
account. Her intellectual curiosity always informs her work as a
critic and this, together with all her other qualities, make her, in
our view, a very worthy recipient of this year's Pascall Prize.
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2003 Judges:
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Bruce Elder (Chair and 1996 Winner)
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Andrew Ford (1998 Winner)
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Sandra Hall (1994 Winner)
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David Throsby (Advisory Committee)
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