Electric was completed in 2019. The 23 minute film starring Nicholas Hope (Bad Boy Bubby) and Socratis Otto (Wentworth) focuses on a unique text by Australian poet Francis Webb. It is the first in a cycle of films by Wooden Picket that look closely into the life of one of Australia's truly great, yet very underrated literary figures. Electric focuses on the invention of Electro Convulsive Therapy ( Shock Treatment) in Italy by an ethically troubled neuroscientist Ugo Cerletti. The next instalment of the Webb series is titled A Drum for Ben Boyd and will be in pre-production in 2021. It will look into the myths and conflicting narratives around controversial 19th century Australian entrepreneur Ben Boyd.
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Electric(2019)
Director: Oliver Miller
Cinematographer: Matt Toll Producer: Oliver Miller Editor: Timothy O'Connor Screenplay: Melissa Lee Speyer and Oliver Miller Based on an original radio play by: Francis Webb Music and Sound Design: Oliver Miller Production Design: Oliver Miller Key Cast: Cerletti: Nicholas Hope Patient: Socratis Otto 1st Doctor: Barry Langrishe 2nd Doctor: Jeremy Waters Knight and Straitjacketed man: Richard Cox Nurse Joanna: Melissa Farrow Horn Player: Gwyneth Miller |