Albert
Falzon, film-maker,
has always appreciated
the power of music in his films.
His inaugural feature
film "Morning of the Earth"
was the first Australian
film
to receive a gold record
for album sales.
His entry in the Cannes
Film Festival
"Crystal Voyager"
featured music from Pink Floyd,
Talking Heads and Brian
Eno accompanied
an Indian Saddhu's
pilgrimage in "Same as it ever Was".
Falzon's career in
film making
was a natural progression
from international still photography,
and later combined
with magazine publishing,
in Australia, Israel
and the island of Bali in Indonesia.
He was co-founder and
publisher of the surfing newspaper Tracks.
His perceptive and
sensitive photographic eye
almost suggests that
he was born with a camera in it.
A penchant for travel,
particularly to remote
and spectacular regions of the world
has had a major influence
on the themes of Falzon's work.
A six part documentary
series
focused on traditional
Festivals in such Far Eastern countries
as Sri Lanka, India,
Burma, Ladakh and Tibet
and has sold to over
eighty countries world-wide.
The significance of
filming some of these regions is only evident today
with the political
closing of Tibet and Burma to travellers
and the civil strife
in Sri Lanka and Kashmir.
And not all locations
were easily accessible.
The journey through
Tibet to the mystical mountain of Kailas
was an arduous two
weeks in sub zero temperatures,
there the film crew
recorded for the very first time
the sacred Wesak Festival.
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