Description |
vi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- The nationalities of the cinema -- The prehistory of Australian cinema -- Representing the nation -- The valuable territory -- The big country -- The Australian abroad -- Reading the national cinema -- 2. Australian Gothic -- Origins -- The Gothic rural community -- The Mad Max trilogy -- The urban Gothic -- Conclusion -- 3. The period film -- The AFC genre -- Picnic at Hanging Rock and the literary adaptation -- The period film cycle -- Fred Schepisi's period films -- Newsfront: the nation on record -- Sirens: the parody of the period film -- Conclusion -- 4. The male ensemble film -- Australian-ness and masculinity -- The working environment -- Sexual politics -- The sporting life -- The personal factor: Between Wars -- Sons of Anzac: The Odd Angry Shot -- Parabolic history -- Landscape cinema -- Male drama and the mini-series -- Males and mateship in '90s cinema -- Conclusion -- 5. New glamour, new Gothic: Australian films in the 1990s -- The quota quirky -- The Australian Film Finance Corporation -- New Gothic -- The rite of passage film -- Australian road movies -- Glamour, kitsch and camp -- Conclusion |
Summary |
"Contemporary Australian Cinema" provides an introduction to the products and context of the new Australian film industry which arose toward the end of the 1960s. The development of Australian film, in terms of prominent directors and stars, consistent themes and styles and evolving genres, is traced through analysis of the most successful and best known feature films. The evolution of the film genres peculiar to Australia, and the adaptation of conventional Hollywood forms (such as the musical and the road movie) are examined in detail through textual readings of landmark films. Clear and concise, it joins Contemporary French cinema and Contemporary Spanish cinema as an ideal introductory textbook for students of film those with an interest in cinema |
Analysis |
ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE (AT, Stephan Elliott, 1994) |
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AUSTRALIA |
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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES IN FILM |
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AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION |
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AUSTRALIAN FILM FINANCE CORPORATION |
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BETWEEN WARS (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1974) |
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BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) |
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Between wars (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1974) |
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CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978) |
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CROCODILE DUNDEE (AT, Peter Faiman, 1986) |
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FANTASTIC FILMS. AUSTRALIA |
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GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) |
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GETTING OF WISDOM, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1977) |
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Gallipoli (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) |
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HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA |
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LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA |
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MAD MAX [...] (AT, 1979-85) |
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MASCULINITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA |
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NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA |
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ODD ANGRY SHOT, THE (AT, Tom Jeffrey, 1979) |
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PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Wier, 1975) |
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (AT, Peter Wier, 1975) |
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ROAD MOVIES. AUSTRALIA |
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SCHEPISI, FRED |
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SIRENS (AT/UK, John Duigan, 1994) |
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Sirens (AT/UK, John Duigan, 1994) |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert (AT, Stephan Elliott, 1994) |
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The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978) |
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The getting of wisdom (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1977) |
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The odd angry shot (AT, Tom Jeffrey, 1979) |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-199) and index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Schepisi, Fred.
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Australian Film Commission.
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Australian Film Finance Corporation.
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SUBJECT |
Breaker Morant
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Crocodile Dundee
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Mad Max (Motion picture)
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Subject |
Aboriginal Australians in mass media.
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Historical films -- Australia -- History and criticism.
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Landscapes in motion pictures -- Australia.
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Masculinity in motion pictures -- Australia -- History and criticism.
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Motion picture industry -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion picture industry -- Australia -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Australia -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Australia.
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National characteristics -- Australia -- In motion pictures.
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Road films -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90006246
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LC no. |
2004353299 |
ISBN |
0719053269 |
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0719053277 (paperback) |
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