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The Australian film revival : 1970s, 1980s, and beyond / Susan Barber New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 9 Feb 2023.
Call No: 71(94) BARAuthor: Barber, Susan Edition: 2023Place: New YorkPublisher: Bloomsbury AcademicPubDate: 9 Feb 2023PhysDes: 280 pages ; 24 cmSubject: 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 siteISBN: 9781501390029Contents: 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
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Contemporary Australian cinema : an introduction / Jonathan Rayner Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000.
Call No: 71(94) RAYAuthor: Rayner, Jonathan Source: UKPlace: ManchesterPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 2000PhysDes: vi, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: AUSTRALIA ; FANTASTIC FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIAN FILM FINANCE CORPORATION ; ROAD MOVIES. AUSTRALIA ; SCHEPISI, FRED ; ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE (AT, Stephan Elliott, 1994) ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978) ; CROCODILE DUNDEE (AT, Peter Faiman, 1986) ; GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) ; GETTING OF WISDOM, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1977) ; MAD MAX [...] (AT, 1979-85) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; SIRENS (AT/UK, John Duigan, 1994) ; BETWEEN WARS (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1974) ; ODD ANGRY SHOT, THE (AT, Tom Jeffrey, 1979) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-199) and indexISBN: 0719053269 (hbk.); 0719053277 (pbk.); 0719053269LON: 22455173
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Gods in our own world : Representations of troubled and troubling masculinities in some Australian films, 1991-2001 / Shane Crilly [Adelaide]: University of Adelaide, 2004.
Call No: 451-01(94) CRIAuthor: Crilly, Shane Source: ATPlace: [Adelaide]Publisher: University of AdelaidePubDate: 2004PhysDes: v, 245 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA Summary: "The dominance of male characters in Australian films makes our national cinema a rich resource for the examination of the construction of masculinities. This thesis argues that the codes of the hegemonic masculinities in capital patriarchal societies like Australia insist on an absolute masculine position. However, according to Oedipal logic, this position always belongs to another man. Masculine yet 'feminised,' identity is fraught with anxiety but sustained by the 'dominant fiction' that equates the penis with the phallus and locates the feminine as its polar opposite. This binary relationship is inaugurated in childhood when a boy must distinguish his identity from his mother, who, significantly, is a different gender. Being masculine means not being feminine." -Thesis abstract.Notes: Includes filmography (leaves 209-10) and bibliography (leaves 211-245)Contents: Abstract -- Declaration -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A man's world: Boys, their fathers and the reproduction of the patriarchy -- Chapter 2: Mummy's boy: Men, their mothers and absent fathers -- Chapter 3: Bad boys: Representations of men's violence in The Boys -- Chapter 4: The performance of masculinity: Larrikinism and Australian masculinities -- Chapter 5: Love, sex marriage and sentimental blokes -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Bibliography
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Reel Men : Australian masculinity in the movies, 1949-1962 / by Chelsea Barnett Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Publishing, 2019.
Call No: 451-01(94) BARAuthor: Barnett, Chelsea Source: ATPlace: Carlton, VictoriaPublisher: Melbourne University PublishingPubDate: 2019PhysDes: vii, 233 pages ; 22 cmSubject: MEN IN FILMS ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's ; JEDDA (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1955) ; SMILEY (UK, Anthony Kimmins, 1956) ; SHIRALEE, THE (AT, Leslie Norman, 1957) Summary: "Set against the shifting social and political backdrop of a nation throwing off the shackles of one war yet faced with the instability of the new world order, Reel Men probes the concept of 1950s masculinity itself, asking what it meant to be an Australian man at this time. Offering a compelling exploration of the Australian fifties, the book challenges the common belief that the fifties was a 'dead' era for Australian filmmaking. Reel Men engages with fourteen Australian feature films made and released between 1949 and 1962, and examines the multiple masculinities in circulation at this time. Dealing with beloved Australian films like Jedda (1955), Smiley (1956), and The Shiralee (1957), and national icons of the silver screen including Chips Rafferty, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, and Peter Finch, Reel Men delves into our cultural past to dismantle powerful assumptions about film, the fifties, and masculinity in Australia." -- BOOK BACK COVERNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780522872477Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- 1 the Australian film industry: dead or alive? -- 2 Australian nation, Australian men -- 3 beyond the breadwinner -- 4 assimilation stories -- 5 anything for the family? -- 6 more than mates? -- conclusion -- bibliography -- index --
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