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Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2

Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first installment of Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand, this volume continues the exploration of the cinema produced in Australia and New Zealand since the beginning of the twentieth century. Among the additions to this volume are in-depth treatments of the locations that feature prominently in the countries’ cinema. Essays by leading critics and film scholars consider the significance of the outback and the beach in films, which are evoked as a liminal space in Long Weekend and a symbol of death in Heaven’s Burning, among other films. Other contributions turn the spotlight on previously unexplored genres and key filmmakers, including Jane Campion, Rolf de Heer, Charles Chauvel, and Gillian Armstrong.
 
Accompanying the critical essays in this volume are more than one hundred and fifty new film reviews, complemented by film stills and significantly expanded references for further study. From The Piano to Crocodile Dundee, Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2 completes this comprehensive treatment of a consistently fascinating national cinema.


320 pages | 50 halftones | 7 x 10 | © 2015

Directory of World Cinema

Film Studies


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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
 
Introduction: Australia
 
Film of the Year
Red Dog
 
Festival Focus
Brisbane International Film Festival
 
Australian Film Locations
 
Marketing Mix
Finding International Audiences
 
Star Study
Errol Flynn
 
Directors
Jane Campion
Arthur and Corinne Cantrill
Ken G. Hall
Brian Trenchard-Smith
 
Action and Adventure
Essay
Reviews
 
Australian Animated Feature
Essay
Reviews
 
Comedian Comedy
Essay
Reviews
 
Crime
Essay
Reviews
 
Australian Gothic
Essay
Reviews
 
Horror
Essay
Reviews
 
Road Movies
Essay
Reviews
 
Science Fiction
Essay
Reviews
 
Thriller
Essay
Reviews
 
War
Essay
Reviews
 
The Australian Western
Essay
Reviews
 
Introduction: New Zealand
 
Crossing the Ditch
Essay
Reviews
 
Directors
Women Directors of Feature films in New Zealand
Annie Goldson
Gaylene Preston
 
Director Studies
Costa Botes
Yvonne Mackay
Merata Mita
Barry Barclay
Christine Jeffs
 
Experimental and Documentary Film
Theatrical Documentary in New Zealand 2012
Genres of New Zealand Experimental Film
‘Principled Patriotism’
 
Emerging Asian New Zealand Film-makers in New Zealand Cinema
 
Recommended Reading
 
Australia and New Zealand Cinema Online
 
Test Your Knowledge
 
Notes on Contributors
 
Filmography

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