Hear My Eyes: 'Chopper'

Overview

For movie lovers further south, each Melbourne International Film Festival arrives with an extra gift: a Hear My Eyes gig. It brings beloved and classic flicks back to the big screen, accompanied by a live — and all-new, completely original — score that's played while film lovers sit, watch and listen.

It's as unique a cinema-going experience as you can get, even if you've seen the feature in the spotlight countless times before. In 2022, this movie-and-music session is also coming to Sydney. And, another exceptional film is getting the Hear My Eyes treatment. Get ready to revisit the role that made Eric Bana an international movie star, and to dive back into one of the most infamous crime tales in Australian history. In other words, get ready for Chopper.

Twenty-two years after it first hit cinemas, the exceptional Andrew Dominik (This Much I Know to Be True)-directed flick will grace the big screen at City Recital Hall for one night only, on Saturday, August 27. It'll also pair its visuals with a brand-new original live score, as spearheaded by Mick Harvey, member of the Bad Seeds, and the musician who originally gave Chopper its soundtrack.

As well as composing the new score, Harvey will be joined by supergroup Springtime — featuring Gareth Liddiard from Tropical Fuck Storm and The Drones, Jim White from Dirty Three and Chris Abrahams from The Necks — to play it live.

Tickets to this big-screen date with Uncle Chop Chop go on sale from 9.30am on Thursday, June 16.