'Goodbye Paradise'

Goodbye Paradise is an Australian film set in Queensland's Gold Coast, more specifically Surfers Paradise. The film focuses upon a former police officer, Michael Stacey (played by Ray Barrett). The film uses the investigatory nature of 'Stacey' and follows him on his journey to inevitably bring the corrupt police force to justice. To do this he writes about the police officers in his book to expose their crimes, whilst dealing with risky interactions and investigations in the process. The film uses satire and political references in the narrative to allow the story to be colloquial and relevant to the Queensland government during the 1980's.

Denny Lawrence and Bob Ellis wrote the screenplay together and some of their own political view points seem to be expressed to question the idea of Australian stereotypes and character traits. Both sharing strong Labor party views, the narrative featured in 'Goodbye Paradise' allows the audience to understand that the "people" and Australian public wanted a change in regards to their judicial and political systems. (Featured on Bonza written by MR, 2011)

The trailer of the film is a stark contrast to what the film actually is; Lawrence writes what I would call  the ‘Blue Velvet’ of Queensland culture. Marketing of films has always been a problem in the Australian film industry. People want to be able to relate to the characters but also go to the cinemas to be entertained, to see violence, sex and overall mindless action. 

                                                                  


                                                                                                                       Goodbye Paradise Film Trailer :
                                                                                                                       Uploaded by tramman82mk2 on Dec 14, 2010