Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly a "significant respect for authority". Former criminal and celebrity Chopper Read produced numerous paintings of Ned Kelly, alluding directly to Sidney Nolan's imagery. One of Read's paintings features Kelly with a woman's breasts. He explained that "it relates to the fact that I think Kelly was a homosexual, ... I'm not really a fan of his. I'm tired of people calling me the modern-day Ned Kelly." However, Read compared himself with Kelly in some of his paintings. One such self-portrait titled "Tast Ful Old Criminal" ["sic"] was purchased amid controversy by the State Library of Victoria in 2003. "The Story
Justin Kurzel was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, Kurzel directed "Assassin's Creed" (2016), based on the video game franchise of the same name. Kurzel is currently working on a film adaptation of "True History of the Kelly Gang", Peter Carey's 2001 Man Booker Prize-winning novel written from the viewpoint of legendary Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly. Justin Kurzel Justin Dallas Kurzel (born 3 August 1974) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Kurzel was born in Gawler, South Australia to a family of immigrant roots, his father hailing from Poland and