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Eternity: Writing the word

1994

Eternity: Writing the word

1994

  • NFSA ID6A4PME5J
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Year1994

Eternity tells the story of Sydney personality Arthur Stace, who famously wrote the word 'Eternity’, in perfect copperplate script, on the footpaths of the city more than half a million times over a 40-year period. Known to many as ‘Mr Eternity’, he became part of Sydney iconography and mythology.

Eternity tells the story of Sydney personality Arthur Stace, who famously wrote the word 'Eternity’, in perfect copperplate script, on the footpaths of the city more than half a million times over a 40-year period. Known to many as ‘Mr Eternity’, he became part of Sydney iconography and mythology.

  • Director
    Lawrence Johnston
    Writer
    Lawrence Johnston
    Composer
    Ross Edwards
    Producer
    Susan MacKinnon
    Production company
    Vivid Pictures
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