Australian director Rolf de Heer shocked the Venice Film Festival (where it won the Grand Special Jury Prize) and then the world with his radically absurdist black comedy ‘Bad Boy Bubby’, which was released in Australia on 28 July 1994 – 30 years ago this week. In the film, Bubby (Nicholas Hope) escapes a life of confinement by his abusive mother and embarks on a journey of self-discovery, encountering eccentric characters and bizarre situations. ‘Bad Boy Bubby’ was conceived as an experiment on