From The Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906 to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Australia and New Zealand have made a unique impact on international cinema. This book celebrates the commercially successful narrative feature films produced by these cultures as well as key documentaries, shorts, and independent films. It also invokes issues involving national identity, race, history, and the ability of two small film cultures to survive the economic and cultural threat of Hollywood. Chapters on well known films and directors, such as The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982), The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993), Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001), and Rabbit Proof Fence (Philip Noyce, 2002), are included with less popular but equally important films and filmmakers, such as Jedda (Charles Chauvel, 1955), They're a Weird Mob (Michael Powell, 1966), Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984), and The Goddess of 1967 (Clara Law, 2000).
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These two small film cultures have produced both creatively rich and commercially successful fare - from The Story of the Kelly Gang to Lord of the Rings. The 24 well-chosen films provide illuminating discussion as to the region's impressive output.
(Empire )About the Author
Geoff Mayer is reader and associate professor in cinema studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Publications include The Oxford Companion to Australian Film and The New Australian Cinema. Keith Beattie is lecturer in the School of History, Heritage, and Society at Deakin University, Melbourne.
(JunE 07)
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Since the rediscovery of his films at the Eighth Festival of Silent Cinema in Pordenone, Italy, in 1989, the pre-Revolutionary Russian director Evgenii Bauer (1867-1917) has come to be seen not only as the major filmmaker of his era but also as a figure of fundamental importance in the history and development of Russian and Soviet film and world cinema. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lived Once, The Colour of Pomegranates, The Strike, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West, Russian Ark, Ivan's Childhood, Civil War, Brief Encounters, World War Two, The Happy Guys, The Prisoner of the Mountains, Carnival Night, Red Army, Bryan Adams, The Diamond Arm, The Battleship Potemkin, New York, State Institute of Cinematography, Tale of Tales, Socialist Realist, House of Fools, The Needle, Andrei Tarkovskii, Socialist Realism, Moscow Doesn't Believe Browse Sample Pages:
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Since the rediscovery of his films at the Eighth Festival of Silent Cinema in Pordenone, Italy, in 1989, the pre-Revolutionary Russian director Evgenii Bauer (1867-1917) has come to be seen not only as the major filmmaker of his era but also as a figure of fundamental importance in the history and development of Russian and Soviet film and world cinema. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lived Once, The Colour of Pomegranates, The Strike, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West, Russian Ark, Ivan's Childhood, Civil War, Brief Encounters, World War Two, The Happy Guys, The Prisoner of the Mountains, Carnival Night, Red Army, Bryan Adams, The Diamond Arm, The Battleship Potemkin, New York, State Institute of Cinematography, Tale of Tales, Socialist Realist, House of Fools, The Needle, Andrei Tarkovskii, Socialist Realism, Moscow Doesn't Believe Browse Sample Pages:
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