 He took the lead role in groundbreaking Australian arthouse noir film "Broken Highway" (1993), directed by pioneering female filmmaker Laurie McInnes, which screened in competition in Cannes but received polarizing reviews.Paul Cox's "Exile" was filmed soon after, described in "Variety" as "an ambitious, sometimes hallucinatory drama that tackles themes difficult to bring off successfully in the cinema".The two clashed dramatically during filming, but formed a lifelong friendship that led to Young becoming part of Cox's film family (Chris Haywood explains "Working with Cox is not dissimilar to being one of the Musketeers or part of a pirate crew") editing, appearing and helping out on many Cox productions.