Title: Contemporary Australian Cinema
First published: 2000
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.
Subjects: Motion pictures, In motion pictures, History, Motion pictures, australia
Places: Australia
LC classification: PN1993.5.A8 R37 2000