Nine minutes. One cardigan. A whole subculture you've never heard of.
As Julie Mac and her gang of Sharpies fight their way through their turbulent teenage years, Julie reflects on the unexpected bond between herself and the Italian tailor who crafts her iconic ‘Connie’ cardigan; a symbol that will firmly establish her within the Sharpie subculture and strengthen her sense of identity. RAGE is a snapshot of the Sharpie subculture in 1970s Melbourne, a time when running from the cops, avoiding the ticket inspectors, drinking, spewing and rooting were all in a night's work. Inspired by the book RAGE: A Sharpie's Journal, Melbourne 1974 - 1980 by Julie Mac.
Costume
The Connie cardigan deserves its own billing.
Direction
Kypriotis packs a feature's worth of worldbuilding into nine minutes.
Production
Melbourne 1970s recreated with zero budget, maximum authenticity.
Director
Renee Kypriotis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sharpies were Melbourne's forgotten youth subculture—working-class kids in uniforms of tight cardigans, tailored pants, and brutal hair, existing between mods and punks but rarely documented.
The real Julie Mac's journals were discovered decades later, making this one of the few visual records of Sharpie culture created with insider authenticity rather than archaeological guesswork.
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