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This Introduction To The New Australian Film Industry Explores Prominent Directors And Stars, Themes, Styles, And Evolving Genres In An Analysis Of Key Films. The Evolution Of Genres Peculiar To Australia And Adaptations Of Conventional Hollywood Forms Such As The Musical And The Road Movie Are Examined Through Readings Of Landmark Films, Including Picnic At Hanging Rock, Mad Max Trilogy, And The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. The Key Issue Of The Revival--the Definition, Representation, And Propagation Of A National Image--is Woven Through The Analysis. 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: --

Author

Rayner, Jonathan (Jonathan R.)

Publisher

Manchester ; New York: Manchester University Press: Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780719053276

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, History