Burstall later said of the film : I have a special place in my heart for it , because it was my first feature and in some ways autobiographical . But I wince when I see it , except for the few energy points which are mainly in the flashbacks . I think of the first ten years of my film work , up to and including '' 2000 Weeks '' as my apprenticeship ... I do n't believe the acting in '' 2000 Weeks '' is bad so much as a question of actors being asked to say unsayable things , and act unactable things . It was too deficient in energy and too much of it was in an intellectualised form , instead of action . David Stratton wrote of it : '' 2,000 Weeks '' was an important film ; important for what it had to say , important in the courage it took to make it in the first place . It deserved a fair go , and it did n't get it . Doubtless Collin Bennett would try to justify his attitude by saying that he judges every film by the same inviolable standard of excellence , and that in the light of this rigid philosophy , '' 2,000 Weeks '' was found wanting . Doubtless . But his attitude was unbearable righteous and helped create a climate in which good film could be destroyed . No wonder Burstall never forgave , or forgot . No wonder he never made the mistake of trying to produce a " serious " film again . The film was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival
6th Moscow International Film Festival
6th Moscow International Film Festival
2000 Weeks