Contemporary Australian cinema: An introduction
- ISBN-10
- 1526125730
- ISBN-13
- 9781526125736
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-06-01
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Jonathan Rayner
Description
Provides an introduction to the products and context of the new Australian film industry which arose toward the end of the 1960s. Traces the development of Australian film, in terms of prominent directors and stars, consistent themes, styles and evolving genres. 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. Films and trends discussed include: the period film and Picnic at Hanging Rock; the Gothic film and the Mad Max trilogy; camp and kitsch comedy and the Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Desert. The key issue of the revival (the definition, representation and propagation of a national image) is woven through analysis of the new Australian cinema.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2000
- 203 pages
- Paperback
- Manchester University Press
Similar books
-
Diasporas of Australian Cinema
By Anthony Lambert, Catherine Simpson, Renata MurawskaThis collection also provides a useful reference text for scholars of Australian film and cultural studies, with material on contemporary film-making and pre-World War II cinema.
-
The Films of Peter Weir: 2nd Edition
By Jonathan RaynerPeter Weir is, without doubt, one of the most important Australian film directors of all time. His films have had a major impact, both in terms of the Australian film...
-
Australian Genre Film
By Kelly McWilliam, Mark David RyanThis book will be a cornerstone work for the burgeoning field of Australian film genre studies and a must-read for academics; researchers; undergraduate students; postgraduate students; and general readers interested in film studies, media ...
-
The Cinema of Michael Mann: Vice and Vindication
By Jonathan RaynerThis volume offers a detailed study of Mann's feature films, from The Jericho Mile (1979) to Public Enemies (2009), with consideration also being given to parallels in the production, style, and characterization in his television work.
-
A Companion to Australian Cinema
By Felicity Collins, Jane Landman, Susan ByeA timely intervention that challenges and expands the idea of cinema, this book brings into sharp focus those facets of Australian cinema that have endured, evolved and emerged in the twenty-first century.
-
American–Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections
By Peter C. Kunze, Stephen Gaunson, Adrian DanksThis edited collection assesses the complex historical and contemporary relationships between US and Australian cinema by tapping directly into discussions of national cinema, transnationalism and global Hollywood.
-
Australian Cinema in the 1990s
By Ian CravenThis study is a collection of critical and scholarly analyses of the organisation of the Australian Film Industry since 1990. Particular emphasis is put on globalisation, authorship, national narrative and film aesthetics.
-
A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 18282017
By Andrew James CouzensTex clears his name, captures Moller/Spengler and gets the girl, barmaid Stella Grey (Veda Ann Borg). The protagonist's brief stint as an outlaw is due to the machinations of the villain, who manages to hide his true nature and sabotage ...
-
Australian Screen in the 2000s
By Ben Goldsmith, Mark David RyanThis book provides coverage of the diversity of Australian film and television production between 2000 and 2015.
-
National Fictions: Literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative
By Graeme Turner... Verso, 1978) — Literaiy Theory: An Introduction (Oxford: Blackwell, 1983) Ellis, John Visible Fictions (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982) Fiedler, Leslie Love and Death in the American Novel (rev. edition) (New York: Dell, ...