Contemporary Australian Cinema: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Rayner, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719053277 ISBN 13 : 9780719053276

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Rayner is Lecturer in Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719053277
• ISBN 13: 9780719053276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible