Occasional Coarse Language
I saw this independent film when it was released in 1998 and really enjoyed it. There's a full movie review from SBS's
The Movie Show. Unusually for me, what stood out the most was the soundtrack. I've been looking for it since.
I rented the movie a few years ago, and I was reminded that I wanted the soundtrack. I searched the net, and there wasn't even a list of the tracks, much less an actual sountrack for sale.
Every now and again I've remembered to do a perfuntionary serach online for the music as I google surf.
The other weekend, I searched and found
This interview with the Producer/Director/Writer Brad Hayward
Some place in New Zealand had a copy for $30 plus shipping. Yech.
Then I found a link to a familar sounding place
Ten Seconds Down who had TWO copies of the CD at $7.95, and when I checked the address, sure enough, they are just a ten minute walk from my flat.
So I'm now a very pleased owner of a second-hand CD. I made sure to tell the owner that I used his website to find him.
The CD comes with a witty insert that is full of in-jokes from the film. The reverse is a flow-chart of everything refernced in the film with a challenge to find the one item that isn't.
Here's a blurry picture from my camera (too big to scan):

Automatic had a music video with scenes from the movie with Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" that worked well, and I've never seen since. My favourite track at the moment is Spiderbait's "Calypso".
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