Director & Cinematographer Warwick Thornton on his Outback Western Sweet Country

Growing up in the Australian outback, director and cinematographer Warwick Thornton wasn’t exposed to many big screen movies.

“We had a drive-in on Friday and Saturday nights. I remember Star Wars four or five years after was released; that’s how long it took that print [to travel to the outback],” says Thornton, 48. “So that’s the Hollywood cinema I grew up on. I never watched westerns in cinemas because [the cinemas played] just big,