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New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film
Brian McFarlane
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Paperback. This book traces the development of Australian cinema through the influence of Hollywood and of British films of the forties and fifties. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 621.
The institutions and products of the Australian film industry have been extensively surveyed, yet few analyses consider the sources of the film revival that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. This book represents a body of thinking about Australian cinema that asks where the origins of films lie. The book begins by tracing the indebtedness of Australian cinema to the classical narrative style of Hollywood film-making, with its firm grasp of melodrama. It continues by comparing the problems faced by the 'high' British cinema of the 1940s and 1950s with those faced by Australia in the 1970s and 1980s ... Read more
The institutions and products of the Australian film industry have been extensively surveyed, yet few analyses consider the sources of the film revival that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. This book represents a body of thinking about Australian cinema that asks where the origins of films lie. The book begins by tracing the indebtedness of Australian cinema to the classical narrative style of Hollywood film-making, with its firm grasp of melodrama. It continues by comparing the problems faced by the 'high' British cinema of the 1940s and 1950s with those faced by Australia in the 1970s and 1980s ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press England
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521387682
SKU
KEX0227638
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