Australian National Cinema (National Cinemas)

✍ Scribed by Tom O'Regan

Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 403
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Tom O'Regan's book is the first of its kind on Australian post-war cinema. It takes as its starting point Bazin's question 'What is cinema?'and asks what the construct of a 'national' cinema means. It looks at the broader concept from a different angle, taking film beyond the confines of 'art' into the broader cultural world. O'Regan's analysis situates Australian cinema in its historical and cultural perspective producing a valuable insight into the issues that have been raised by film policy, the cinema market place and public discourse on film production strategies. Since 1970 Australian film has enjoyed a revival. This book contains detailed critiques of the key films of this period and uses them to illustrate the recent theories on the international and Australian cinema industries. Its conclusions on the nature of the nation's cinema and the discourses within it are relevant within a far wider context; film as a global phenomenon.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
1 Introducing Australian Cinema......Page 12
2 Theorizing Australian Cinema......Page 20
Part I Making A National Cinema......Page 50
3 A National Cinema......Page 52
4 A Medium-Sized English-Language Cinema......Page 82
5 Formations of Value......Page 113
6 Making Meaning......Page 144
Part II Making A Distinct Cinema......Page 163
7 Diversity......Page 165
8 Unity......Page 184
9 Negotiating Cultural Transfers......Page 206
10 A Distinct Place in The Cinema......Page 224
Part III Problematizing Australian Cinema......Page 249
11 Problematizing The Social......Page 251
12 Problematizing Gender......Page 275
13 Problematizing Nationhood......Page 290
14 Critical Dispositions......Page 316
Notes......Page 337
List of Films Cited......Page 350
Bibliography......Page 362
Subject Index......Page 379
Name Index......Page 383

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