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ABOUT

2013
Aired on ABC1
Production Partners
ABC Television, Screen Australia

SYNOPSIS

Eccentric. Artist. Recluse. Genius. Pop artist Martin Sharp defined the sixties and transformed the way we saw the world. This is the inside story of his life and passions – revealed for the first time by Martin Sharp and his inner circle, including Eric Clapton, Jenny Kee, Oz Magazine’s Richard Neville, “Little” Nell & Cressida Campbell, and more.

PRESS QUOTES

“This lovely film takes us back to that time when art was beginning to merge with reality in cavernous spaces”
Weekend Australian

“The Sharp Edge: The Art of Martin Sharp finds him occasionally struggling for breath, but never for inspiration or motivation"
The Sydney Morning Herald

CREDITS

Executive Producer
Laurie Critchley

Written and Directed by
Rebecca Baillie

Editor
John Pleffer ASE

Director of Photography
Paul Costello ACS

Additional Photography
Piers Leigh
Ross Byrne

Composer
Cornucopia Productions
Damian Summers