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1 ‘A Most Miserable Hotchpotch’ : Charles Bean and the Origins of the First World War Film Collection Daniel Eisenberg , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 10 no. 2 2016; (p. 199-210) 'The story of the moving picture collection of the First World War held by the Australian War Memorial is a frustrating, complex and intriguing one. Charles Bean struggled from the earliest days of the war to get Australian film, shot by Australian cinematographers, into Australian hands – with limited success. Using the 1919 report Charles Bean wrote on his dealings with the War Office Cinematograph Committee (WOCC) as a framing device, this paper traces some of the paths taken by the earliest of these fragile records. By using three films as case studies, exploring the history of the WOCC and its major players and drawing on (and pulling apart) contemporary correspondence, diaries and notes a chaotic picture emerges. Though Bean himself is not without sin in the mishandling of the Australian footage, his fight for these first few films highlights the constant tension between film as a content-driven commodity and film as an archival object.'(Publication abstract)
1 Shooting Cinematic Outlaws : Ned Kelly and Jesse James as Viewed through Film Daniel Eisenberg , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 24 August vol. 5 no. 2 2011; (p. 145-154) 'The frontier outlaws of Australia and America have a long and storied relationship with cinema. Two of the most recent cinematic adaptations of these legends, Ned Kelly and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, act as excellent entry points into an exploration of this subject. By comparing the narrative structures of the two films in relation to the concept of 'the Outlaw Legend' and by highlighting the two films' respective positionings of the spectator - as filtered by concepts of national identity - an insight into the interwoven elements of man, myth and movie becomes apparent.' (Editor's abstract)
1 Schepisi’s Celluloid Australia Daniel Eisenberg , 2011- single work biography
— Appears in: Fred Schepisi Dossier
1 The Camera in the Iron Helmet : Ned Kelly (Gregor Jordan, 2003) Daniel Eisenberg , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , 14 March no. 58 2011;
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