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The Australian Film Revival: 1970s, 1980s, and Beyond
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The Australian Film Revival: 1970s, 1980s, and Beyond
Current price: $120.00
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The Australian Film Revival: 1970s, 1980s, and Beyond
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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
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