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Albert falzon biography

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In the early ‘70s, founding member of the monthly Australian surf magazine Tracks Albert Falzon began filming off the North Coast of New South Wales, Hawaii, and Indonesia. He set out to make a film “that was a reflection of the spirit of surfing at the time” and the end result, Morning of the Earth, proved its worth as a vital document of surf culture and a powerful nature film. In the spirit of summer, we present this rarely seen surf epic, which was recently remastered by Origins Archival in Los Angeles.

 

The sea swells in Morning of the Earth, often accompanied by sun-beat surfers riding its waves in states of pure bliss. You get the sense the film is totally in tune with its environment, mirroring the unceasing rise and fall of waves striking the seashore. Accompanied by the sweet psychedelic tunes of G. Wayne Thomas — whose soundtrack became a gold record in Australia — Morning of the Earth begins to channel the energy of films that similarly captured their respective countercultures in previous years, as though Easy Rider for the open seas.

 

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Albert ‘Alby’ Falzon (born 1945) is an Australian filmmaker, photographer.

I used his photograph in my most recent book. It was large print on the walls of a shopping centre and I hadn’t bothered to enquire who the photographer was. I bought some of his postcards today and found the attribution.

He filmed and directed the influential surf filmMorning of the Earth (1972). and is known for his work on surfing but lately he has made films about art and music,

Phil Jarratt writes, ‘Tracks was the brainchild of architecture student and surfer John Witzig, surf photographer and designer Albert Falzon, and music entrepreneur David Elfick. In rough tabloid newspaper format, Tracks railed against pollution, apartheid and the Establishment, and championed pot, sex and soul surfing. It was an instant hit, providing Falzon and Elfick with a platform to raise enough money to produce a surf movie that similarly broke new ground . . .

When the surf at Kuta went flat, Falzon and girlfriend Tanya Binning took a bemo (small bus) to the dusty Bukit Peninsula to search for wav

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Alby Falzon

Albert "Alby" Falzon (born 1945) is an Australian filmmaker, photographer and publisher in the surfing sub-culture.

Early life

Falzon grew up in the beachside suburb of Maroubra in Sydney, Australia. He did not begin surfing until the age of 14, when the Falzon family moved to the New South Wales Central Coast. He currently resides in Eungai, New South Wales

Filmmaking

Falzon has always appreciated the power of music in his films and directed Morning of the Earth (1972), an influential surf film. The film portrays surfers living in spiritual harmony with nature, making their own boards and homes as they travel in search of the perfect wave across Australia's north-east coast, Bali and Hawaii. Falzon's inaugural feature film was the first Australian film to receive a "gold record" for soundtrack album sales.

A passion for travel, particularly to remote and spectacular regions of the world, has been a major influence on the themes of Falzon's work. A six-part documentary series focused on traditional festivals in Far Eastern countries, such

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