Contemporary Australian cinema
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Jonathan Rayner.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Australia -- History.; Australia -- In motion pictures.
Description: 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.
Notes: Filmography: p. [181]-193.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-199) and index.