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'The film begins by tracing the history of Australian cinema, from the production boom in 1910-12, declining steadily to the barren post-war years. The film investigates the regeneration of the domestic production industry, championed by a dedicated few, in the late 1960s. Bruce Beresford, Phillip Adams and Alan Finney recount what the atmosphere was like in the 1960s and 1970s while distributors and exhibitors, Andrew Pike (Electric Shadows), Chris Kiely (Valhalla), Natalie Miller (the Longford) and Antonio Zeccola (Palace) reveal how important the independent art-house cinemas were in contributing to the re-birth of the Australian film industry. The closure of many of these independent art-house cinemas in recent years, typified by the demise of Electric Shadows in Canberra in 2006, exacerbates the difficulties that producers have in reaching cinema screens on a fair and equitable basis. Many exhibitors, past and surviving - question the efficacy of the industry's Code of Conduct, and talk with remarkable candor about unfair trade practices. Mainstream distributors, rarely seen or heard in a public forum, reveal some astonishing truths about the business of film. Meanwhile, the number of Australian films remaining unreleased continues to grow. But all is not lost. A new generation of Australian filmmakers continue to make films and continue to push at the boundaries of the cinema trade, finding their own way to get their films to the general public.'
Source: Andrew Scarano, Internet Movie Database website, www.us.imdb.com (sighted 27/10/2009)
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Down but Not Out
2010
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 February 2010; (p. 17) -
Dark Side of the Screen
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 October 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV -
How a Family Doco Became an Australian Cinema Shoot-Em-Up
2009
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— Appears in: The Age , 27 October 2009; (p. 8) -
Limited Release
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 October 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV -
New Release
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 November 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV
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A Few Home Truths
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 October 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV -
New Release
2009
single work
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 November 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV -
Limited Release
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 October 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV -
Dark Side of the Screen
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 October 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Into the Shadows 2009 single work film/TV -
How a Family Doco Became an Australian Cinema Shoot-Em-Up
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 27 October 2009; (p. 8) -
Down but Not Out
2010
single work
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 February 2010; (p. 17) -
Kitchen Nightmares : What Into the Shadows Says About the Local Film Industry.
2009
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— Appears in: Metro Magazine , December no. 163 2009; (p. 30-32) 'Distributor Gil Serine brings his first-hand knowledge of the Australian exhibition and distribution landscape to his discussion of a recent documentary that asks why Australian audiences don't watch Australian films.'