In the context of Theft of The Weeping Woman from the National Gallery of Victoria, explore the Film and television of the Legacy.
The 1990 film A Kink in the Picasso was a 'comic and entirely fabricated drama' based on the painting's theft. 'Comedy is always difficult,' wrote reviewer John Mangan, 'even when the most unlikely aspect of the plot - the remarkable ease with which a group of young artists can sneak paintings worth millions of dollars out of art galleries - is based in fact.'The Australian Film Commission funded a documentary by Melbourne independent filmmakers Colin Cairnes and Catherine Dyson about the theft entitled The Picasso Ransom. The film was shown at the 23rd St Kilda Film Festival in 2006. A search was made for Spencer Street station's locker 227, where the painting was found, which supposedly was taken with others to a regional rail facility, but it had been replaced and could not be located. Since the time of the theft, Spencer Street station has been totally rebuilt and now renamed Southern Cross station. None of the buildings which housed services and facilities for travellers at that date now exist, although the platforms and a now generally inaccessible underground walkway between platforms still exist.
Commencing in late 2021, Framed, a four-part television documentary about the theft presented by Marc Fennell is currently available on Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service's SBS on Demand video on demand service.
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