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The cinema of Australia and New Zealand

2007, The cinema of Australia and New Zealand Wallflower Press, London, England.

Document type: Book
Collection: School of History, Heritage and Society

Title The cinema of Australia and New Zealand
Editor(s) Mayer, Geoff
Beattie, Keith
Publication date 2007
Series 24 frames
Total pages xiii, 259 p.
Publisher Wallflower Press
Place of Publication London, England
Summary Films from Australia and New Zealand have made a unique impact on international cinema, from The Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906 to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This book celebrates the commercially successful narrative feature films produced by these film cultures as well as key documentaries, shorts and independent films. This coverage also invokes issues involving national identity, race, history and the ability of two small film cultures to survive the economic and cultural threat from 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 celebrated, 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).
ISBN 9781904764960
1904764967
9781904764977
1904764975
Language eng
Field of Research 190201 Cinema Studies
HERDC Research category A7 Edited book
HERDC collection year 2008
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30018734
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