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'This is a comprehensive listing of all Australian and New Zealand feature films produced since 1890. It includes essays by recognised authorities on the subject, highlighting contemporary issues in film-making, film analysis and theory.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Content indexing in process.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Damned Publishing
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Bringing the Ancestors Home, single work criticism (p. 107-118)
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Don't Rain on Ava Gardner Parade,
single work
criticism
(p. 173-186)Throughout this Danks traces 'some of the dominant ways Melbourne has been represented in cinema by focusing upon the manner in which several overseas productions have viewed it. Thus this essay will concentrate upon how Melbourne is represented from outside, with a "foreign" eye, and the ways in which these representations formulate and circulate.' (From author's introduction)
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A Tale of Two Cities : Dark City and Babe: Pig in the City,
single work
criticism
(p. 187-204)
Examines the paradox of Australian films, made locally using Australian crews, but with all aspects of local identity and imagery erased.
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