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Tributes pour in for legendary Australian filmmaker as he dies at age 86: 'A giant of the film community'

Beloved Australian independent filmmaker Nigel Buesst died in Melbourne earlier this month aged 86.

Meanwhile, Aussie director Geoffrey Gardner wrote that Buesst was a 'legendary figure from a time when you spent your own money to make a movie.' 'Emphasised the importance of action in movies, he held up Dirty Harry and Mad Max as the perfect examples of what audiences wanted from an anti-hero. Buesst had an independent spirit and directed many short films using his own money, including the cult 1969 movie The Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor.

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