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'Where Dead Men Lie is a short drama based on a "script" written by Henry Lawson in 1896 in the earliest days of moving pictures. Anticipating the development of dramatic cinema, Lawson wrote his story, "The Australian Cinematograph", with clear directions for the camera. This beautifully shot film, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death, features the voices of Jack Thompson and Max Cullen. It tells of a drover who has been away from home for four months. In a hurry to get back to his family, he attempts the most direct route–through drought-stricken country.'
Source: National Film and Sound Archive (http://sa-staging.com/search-programs/program/?sn=1317). (Sighted: 22/5/2014)
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Dean Semler's first film as cinematographer.
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The Cinematic Vision of Henry Lawson
2022
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— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 66 no. 9 2022; (p. 97-101)'Where Dead Men Lie is a fifteen-minute film from 1972 based on Henry Lawson's 1897 short story "The Australian Cinematograph". The film was made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Lawson's death, at Abbotsford in Sydney, on September 2, 1922, and features the voices of the actors Jack Thompson and Max Cullen.' (Introduction)
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The Cinematic Vision of Henry Lawson
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 66 no. 9 2022; (p. 97-101)'Where Dead Men Lie is a fifteen-minute film from 1972 based on Henry Lawson's 1897 short story "The Australian Cinematograph". The film was made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Lawson's death, at Abbotsford in Sydney, on September 2, 1922, and features the voices of the actors Jack Thompson and Max Cullen.' (Introduction)
