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Australian post-war documentary film : an arc of mirrors
Deane Williams
Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, c2008
ISBN: 9781841502106
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Book description
The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked
critical debate over notions of nation-building, multiculturalism and
internationalization. Australian Post-War Documentary Film tackles
all these issues in a considered and wide-ranging analysis of government,
institutional and also radical documentaries.
At one level, the book is a selective history of Australian documentary film
in the immediate post-war years. It also charts the rise of a progressive
film culture. As a whole it is a thorough study of the international flows
of film culture. Williams illustrates these themes by critiquing the key
films of the era, including the seminal The Back of Beyond, often cited as
the greatest Australian film of all time. Australian Post-War Documentary
Film retells film history by reading these documentaries as part of a
nexus of international, and particularly Australian filmic, written and
dramatic texts, with close attention to textual analysis. The book will
appeal to anyone interested in international cinema, the way that it
theorizes the period and offers a host of international comparisons,
widening its ideas to the fabric of cultural production that surrounds all
art works.
About the author
Deane Williams is Head of Film and Television Studies at
Monash University in Melbourne. He is author of Mapping the
Imaginary: Ross Gibson's Camera Natura and, with Brian McFarlane,
author of Michael Winterbottom, and editor of Studies in
Documentary Film.
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