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Book SynopsisThis text provides an introduction to the development of Australian film, in terms of prominent directors and stars, consistent themes and styles and evolving genres. This growth is traced through analysis of the most successful and best known feature films from the gothic to the camp.
Table of ContentsPreface
I INTRODUCTION
1. The nationalities of the cinema
2. The prehistory of Australian cinema
3. Representing the nation
4. The valuable territory
5. The big country
6. The Australian abroad
7. Reading the national cinema
II AUSTRALIAN GOTHIC
8. Origins
9. The gothic rural community
10. The Mad Max trilogy
11. The urban gothic
12. Conclusion
III THE PERIOD FILM
13. The AFC genre
14. Picnic at Hanging Rock and the literary adaptation
15. The period film cycle
16. Fred Schepisi's period films
17. Newsfront: the nation on record
18. Sirens: the parody of the period film
19. Conclusion
IV THE MALE ENSEMBLE FILM
20. Australian-ness and masculinity
21. The working environment
22. Sexual politics
23. The sporting life
24. The personal factor: between wars
25. Sons of Anzac: The Odd Angry Shot
26. Parabolic history
27. Landscape cinema
28. Male drama and the mini-series
29. Males and mateship in 90's cinema
30. Conclusion
V NEW GLAMOUR, NEW GOTHIC: AUSTRALIAN FILMS IN THE 1990S
31. The quota quirky
32. The Australian film finance corporation
33. New gothic
34. The rite of passage film
35. Australian road movies
36. Glamour, kitsch and camp
37. Conclusion
CONCLUSION
Filmography Bibliography
