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Call No: 71(94) BAR
Author: Barber, Susan
Edition: 2023
Place: New York
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
PubDate: 9 Feb 2023
PhysDes: 280 pages ; 24 cm
Subject: AUSTRALIA; MASCULINITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; ROAD MOVIES. AUSTRALIA; MOTHERS IN FILMS; ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972); ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE (AT, Stephan Elliott, 1994); MAD MAX [...] (AT, 1979-85); BACKROADS (AT, Philip Noyce, 1977); CARS THAT ATE PARIS, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1974); CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978); DON'S PARTY (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1976); GETTING OF WISDOM, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1977); HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987); MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER II, THE (AT, Geoff Burrowes, 1988); MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975); RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (AT, Phillip Noyce, 2001); TRACKER, THE (AT, Rolf de Heer, 2002); WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD (AT, Ned Lander, 1981)
Summary: The Australian Film Revival: 70s, 80s, and Beyond explores the matrix of forces – artistic, cultural, economic, political, governmental, and ideological – that gave rise to, shaped, and sustained this remarkable film movement. This engaging new study brings fresh perspectives, insights, and innovative approaches to a variety of films from a diversity of filmmakers. Areas of focus include the complex and contentious subjects of masculinity, femininity and feminism, the maternal, as well as the Indigenous road film and the protean Australian gothic. During the formative years of the revival, Australian films seemed to emerge from out of the blue in terms of global film history, with many features including Picnic at Hanging Rock (l975), Caddie (l976), The Last Wave (l977), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (l978), and My Brilliant Career (l979) receiving international distribution and enthusiastic critical acclaim with strong box office results. By the time the film revival was in full swing, not only did Australian audiences flock to theaters to see “homegrown” films, but the quantity of Australian films on overseas screens was so high that ardent critics declared this outpouring an Australian “New Wave.” The eyes of the world had turned to a compelling and largely unknown culture. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781501390029
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- In Memory Of -- Introduction -- 1. The Ocker: Chauvinistic and Oedipal -- 2. Alternate Masculinities of Paul Cox and John Duigan -- 3. Historical Women and the Bush -- 4. Negligent, Runaway, and Abject Mothers -- 5. The Indigenous Road Film -- 6. Australian Gothic -- Index

Call No: 81ARM COL
Author: Collins, Felicity
CorpAuthor: Australian Teachers of Media
Place: St Kilda, Vic.
Publisher: ATOM
PubDate: 1999
PhysDes: 98 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Series: Moving image ; no. 6
Subject: ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN; MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979); LITTLE WOMEN (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1994); MRS SOFFEL (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1984); HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987); LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS, THE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1992); NOT FOURTEEN AGAIN (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1996); OSCAR AND LUCINDA (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1997); STARSTRUCK (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1982)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98)
ISBN: 1876467037
LON: 20015377

Call No: 512.1 PAR
Author: Partridge, Dinah; Hughes, Peter, 1949
Place: Melbourne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: viii, 184 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm
Subject: TEACHING MATERIALS; DEAD POETS SOCIETY (US, Peter Weir, 1989); MALCOLM (AT, Nadia Tass, 1986); YEAR MY VOICE BROKE, THE (AT, John Duigan, 1987); SHAME (AT, Steve Jodrell, 1988); MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979); RADIO DAYS (US, Woody Allen, 1987); ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, THE (US, Lawrence Kasdan, 1988); KILLING FIELDS, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1984); CRY FREEDOM (UK, Richard Attenborough, 1987); NEWSFRONT (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1978); GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981); CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941); ANGEL AT MY TABLE, AN (NZ, Jane Campion, 1990); STAND AND DELIVER (US, Ramon Menendez, 1988); GROUND ZERO (AT, Michael Pattison & Bruce Myles, 1987); BACK TO THE FUTURE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985); STREET HERO (AT, Michael Pattinson, 1984); STAND BY ME (US, Rob Reiner, 1986); DELINQUENTS, THE (AT, Chris Thomson, 1989); EDUCATING RITA (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1983); HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (US, Woody Allen, 1986); HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987); DUNERA BOYS, THE [TV] (AT, Bob Weis, 1985); KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (US/BL, Hector Babenco, 1985); PLACE AT THE COAST, THE (AT, George Ogilvie, 1987); SCALES OF JUSTICE [TV] (AT, 1983); WOMEN OF THE SUN [TV] (AT, James Ricketson, David Stevens, Stephen Wallace, Geoffrey Nottage, 1982); NAVIGATOR, THE (NZ/AT, Vincent Ward, 1988); EVIL ANGELS (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1988); MY LEFT FOOT (UK, Jim Sheridan, 1989); CANNIBAL TOURS (AT, Dennis O'Rourke, 1987)
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 183
ISBN: 019553218X
LON: 8815950
ID2: 290

Call No: 81 ARM ERH
Author: Erhart, Julia
Source: UK
Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
PubDate: 2020
PhysDes: x, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series: Visionaries
Subject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL; WOMEN FILMMAKERS. AUSTRALIA; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN; SATDEE NIGHT (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1973); GRETEL (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1973); MRS SOFFEL (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1984); LITTLE WOMEN (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1994); CHARLOTTE GRAY (GG/UK/AT, Gillian Armstrong, 2001); DEATH DEFYING ACTS (UK/AT, Gillian Armstrong, 2007); FIRES WITHIN (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1991); MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979); OSCAR AND LUCINDA (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1997); STARSTRUCK (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1982); LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS, THE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1992); UNFOLDING FLORENCE: THE MANY LIVES OF FLORENCE BROADHURST (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 2005); WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 2015); HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987); [FOURTEEN'S] 14'S GOOD, 18'S BETTER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1981)
Summary: A commercially successful Australian director of over eighteen feature films and documentaries, including My Brilliant Career (1979), Gillian Armstrong is an early, notable example of a woman director connecting with mass audiences. Armstrong’s films are unique in their aesthetic expression and in the ethical relationships that they depict, framed through the language of gender inclusivity and due in part to her foregrounding of original, complex and nuanced female characters. This important book fills a gap in the literature on women screen practitioners and is a long overdue response to demands for new insight into the work of this significant director. [Edinburgh University Press website]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781474434324
Contents: -- Introduction -- 1. An authorial cinema -- 2. A popular, commercial cinema: Mrs. Soffel, Little Women, Charlotte Gray, Death Defying Acts -- 3. An Australian genre cinema: My Brilliant Career, Oscar and Lucinda, Starstruck -- 4. A sensual cinema: Last Days of Chez Nous, Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst, Women He’s Undressed -- 5. An ethical cinema: High Tide and The Story of Kerry, Josie and Diana -- Conclusion: A collaborative cinema

Author: Grieve, Anna
PhysDes: Article
Subject: HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987)
Summary: Interview about "High Tide"

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Press kit; Stills; Clippings
Subject: HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987)

Author: Baxter, John
PhysDes: Article
Subject: HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987)
Summary: Review; Credits

Call No: TITLE STILLS AUSTRALIA
Source: AT
PhysDes: 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm.
Subject: DAVIS, JUDY; FRIELS, COLIN; HIGH TIDE (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1987)
Summary: Black & white photographs/still images from the film High Tide.