6 X 10.Long.P65

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

6 X 10.Long.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61327-9 - Film in Australia: An Introduction Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Index More information Index 13th Floor, The 112 Angel Baby 150, 154 27A: 150, 151–153, 154, 156 Animal Logic 135 806: The Beginning 134 Annie’s Coming Out 150 2084: 135 apocalypse 136–37 armed robbery, see crime A City’s Child 156 art films 29–43, 98–101 A Country Practice 143 arthouse films 29 A Fortunate Life 44 artistic tendencies, social realism 150–51 A Trip to the Moon 130 Attack Force Z 22 Abbott, Brendan 44 Australia ABC, TV dramas 45–46 adventure films 15–17 Abigail (actor) 68 Australian-ness of films 1–3 accident, see chance biographical films 44–46 action-adventure films 17–19 detective films 91–92 action melodrama 190 film comedy tradition 71–72 actors see also individual actors by name e.g. film genres 1–8, 12 Gibson, Mel musical films 117–18 in comedies 64–65 social changes in 155 in school-related dramas 176 women’s films 193–94 actuality 47 Australian Dream 151 adolescence, see teen films Australian Film Commission adventure films 13–28 AFC genre film 7–8 action-adventure films 17–19 funding 131–134 comedies as 58–59 on comedies 57–58 criminal capers 76–78 Australian Film Institute awards 145 Adventures of Barry McKenzie 20, Australian Rules 182 65 auteur theory 32–34 Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the authorial expressivity 32 Desert 122 autonomous genres 4–5 aesthetic adventure 34–35 avant-garde practice 30 AFC genre film see also funding 8 affective qualities 157 Backroads 148, 149, 153, 154 Affron, C. 191–193 backstage musicals 122–23 AFI awards 145 Bad Boy Bubby 118, 150, 153 Against the Wind 85 Bad Eggs 98 Alexandra’s Project 40 Bank, The 77, 163 Alison’s Birthday 107, 111 Barry McKenzie series 20, 65 All Men Are Liars 181 Basinger, J. 191–193 All That Heaven Allows 195 Big Hurt, The 92–94 Alvin Purple 61–64 Big Steal, The 153 Alvin Purple Rides Again 68 Billy’s Holiday 126–128 Amazing Colossal Man 104 biographical films 44–56, 120–21 213 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61327-9 - Film in Australia: An Introduction Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Index More information Blackfellas 149 slapstick 59 Blackrock 149 social 59 Index bloke films 92–94, see also males comic types 66–67 Blood Money 79 coming-of-age films 181–184 Blood Oath 22 complex genres 3–4 Bloodlust 113 conservatism of adventure films 28 Bloodmoon 108 Considine, D. 174 Blues Busters 127 Cool Change 19 Bootleg 100 corruption 82–84, 161, see also crime Bootmen 122, 181 Cosi 122, 124 Bordwell, David 89–90 Country Practice, A 143 Bourke, Terry 108, 109 crime 73–86, see also suspense boys, see father-son relationships; males; criminal biographies 53–55 teen films detective films 29–30, 87–101, 157–58 Boys, The 81, 148, 152, 154 gangster films 73, 157–58 brain films 112 murders in film 113–14, 160–61 Bran Nu Dae 119 organized crime 82–84 Breaker Morant 22, 85 police procedurals 90, 94–95 Brown, Bryan 84–86 professional killers 78–79 Buddies 20 robbery films 74–78 social order in 104–05 caper comedy 59–60 teen films 184–186 cars 148, 153, 185 victims of 159 Cars That Ate Paris, The 107, 138 Crocodile Dundee series 19–20, 58, 70–71, Castle, The 66–67, 69 170 Cathy’s Child 156 Cultural Studies 10 causation in art films 31 Cut 179 Chamberlain, Lindy and Michael 196– cyborgnetics 138 198 cycles of social realism 148 chance in adventure films 22–23 ‘Dad and Dave’ series 67 in comedies 69 Dallas Doll 58 in Lantana 39 dance in musical films 123–24 character, in social realism films 151–153 Dance Me to My Song 198–199 chases 80–81, 167–68 dangerous settings 169–70 Chauvel, Charles 15 Dark City 135, 139 childishness in comedy 66 Dark Room, The 160 Chopper 48, 53–55, 82 Dating the Enemy 69 Christian, Roger 135 daughter-father relationships 182–84 cinemas, teenage audience 173–74 Dawn! 51 City’s Child, A 156 de Heer, Rolf 134 City’s Edge 132 Dead Calm 160, 165–167 Clarke, John 65 Dead-End Drive-In 132, 140 classification 11–12 delinquents 184–186 coincidence, see chance Delinquents, The 185–186 Colour Me Dead 168 Derry, C. 90, 158, 159 Coma 94–97 detective films 87–94, 101, 157, see also Come Out Fighting 149 crime comedies 57–72 Devil in the Flesh 181 adventure films 19 diegetic sound 35 as an abstract genre 10 Dirty Deeds 84, 85 detectives in 97–98 disaster films 17 214 ‘ocker’ 204 disguise 162–64 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61327-9 - Film in Australia: An Introduction Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Index More information D.O.A. 168 for horror films 106–108 Index documentaries 150–51 for period films 36 dramatization 152 for science fiction 131–134 dystopias 137–40 gags in comedies 68–71 elementary genres 3–4 Gallipoli 22 Elsaesser, Thomas 188 gangster films 73, 157–58 Empty Beach, The 85, 92 Garage Days 122, 181 End Game 160 Gattaca 131 end of the world in science fiction Gehring, W. D. 9 136–37 gender reversal in adventure films 25 Epsilon 133, 137 generic difference 3–6 erotic films, see women’s films genre 203–205 Eureka Stockade 16 Australian film and 1–12 Euro-American art film 35–38 inquiry into 11–12 European art films 30–31 Gentle Strangers 156 evanescent genres 4–5 Gettin’ Square 77 Evil Angels 196–198 ghosts in horror films 113 Expressionism and horror films 105–6 Ghosts of the Civil Dead 150 Gibson, Mel 18 Fair Game 169 Ginnane, Anthony I. 133 fairy tale musicals 126 girls, see father-daughter relationships; teen fantastic, the 102–105, 130 films; women Far East 161 global consciousness 136–37 father-daughter relationships 182–84 Good Afternoon 119 father-son relationships 46–53 Goodbye Paradise 92–94, 161 female cinema 191–193, see also women’s government support, see funding films Grant, B. K. 9 feminism 149 grief, in women’s films 199–201 FFC 131–134 Grim Pickings 91 Fighting Back 150 groups, in adventure films 23–24 Film Finance Corporation 132–134 Hammers over the Anvil 181 film musicals, see musical films Hannay, David 109 film noir 87 hard-boiled detection 87 Final Cut 160 Hard Knocks 156 Fingleton, Tony 50–52 Hard Word, The 77 FJ Holden, The 148, 152, 153, 156 Hayseeds, The 67 Flirting 181, 182 Heartbreak Kid, The 177, 194 folk musicals 126 Heaven Tonight 122, 124 Fortress 135, 138 Heaven’s Burning 80 Fortunate Life, A 44 Helfgott, David 48, 49–53 Forty Thousand Horsemen 16 heroes and heroines, see protagonists Freedom 149 heroism 23, 52–53 Freedom Deep 134 hesitation 102–105 friendship 182 high life 82–84 Fringe Dwellers, The 149 High Rolling 20 fugitives 80–81, 167–68 historical genres 5 funding Hitchcock, Alfred 158–159 Australian Film Commission 131–134 Hogan, Paul 19, 64 effect on film types 7–8 Hollywood films, genre in 8–11 for adventure films 15–16 horror films 102–116, 178–181 for art films 34 Hostage: The Christine Maresch Story 164 215 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61327-9 - Film in Australia: An Introduction Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Index More information Howling III: The Marsupials 115 Look Both Ways 156 human form as location of effort 48 Looking for Alibrandi 184 Index humanness in science fiction 136 Lorca and the Outlaws 135 Humphries, Barry 65 Lost Things 179 hybridization of teen films 175 love 181–184, 194–196 identity, concealing 162–64 Mad Max trilogy 131–134 Idiot Box 149 as adventure film 18 illness, in social realism 150 dystopia in 137 impersonation in thrillers 162–64 magic In Search of Anna 32, 33 in musicals 126–128 Incident at Raven’s Gate 107, 113, 133, 134 magical realism 151 indigenous peoples 119, 149 Magician, The 79 Indonesia 161–62 maid versus monster 165–167 Inn of the Damned 109 major genres 3–4 innocents 67, 167–68 Malcolm 67–69 institutions, struggle with 48, 66–67 males ‘interior’ films 36 as biopic subjects 47 Intruder, The 111 investigating crime 92–94 investigations, see crime; detective films man of the people protagonists 20 It Came from Beneath the Sea 131 troubled guys 148–49 Man from Snowy River, The 19, 21 Jack and Jill: A Postscript 105 Mango Tree, The 181 Japanese Story 199–201 Marauders 114 Jarratt, John 110 marginal instances of genres 2, 119–121 Jedda 192 marginalized characters 153 jokes in comedies 68–71 Marking Time 182 Just Out of Reach 156 Marsupials: The Howling III 115 juvenating of television shows 173 masquerade 162–64 Master and Commander 16 Kellaway, Cecil 64 mateship 23 Kennedy, Graham 64 Matrix series 135 Kick 122, 123, 181 mediating tradition 124–126 King of the Coral Sea 16 medieval romance literature 13 King of the Two Day Wonder, The 98 melodrama, in women’s films 188–189 Kiss or Kill 80 men, see males Kitty and the Bagman 83 mental disturbance, in social realism 150 message films 143 landscape in film 37, 139–40 meta genres 10 Lantana 38, 98, 118 Metal Skin 149, 185 Last Wave, The 107, 111 Mike and Stefani 146–148, 154, 156 Le Voyage dans la Lune 130 modernism 30, 38–42 Les Patterson Saves the World 65 modes, adventure films 19 Life 150, 151–153 Molloy, Mick 65 Light in the Piazza 195 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien 48 Lighthorsemen, The 17, 22 Money Movers, The 75–76 Lightning Jack 19 Monkey Grip 118, 151–153 Listen to the Lion 156 Monkey’s Mask, The 96 literary figures, biopics of 47–48 ‘monsters’ in thrillers 165–167 Little Fish 156, 192 Mora, Philippe 110 living nightmares 164–65 Moulin Rouge 122 location 151–153, 169–70 Mouth to Mouth 152, 153, 154, 156 216 loners 78–79 Moving On 156 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61327-9 - Film in Australia: An Introduction Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Index More information Mulcahy, Russell 110 passion, melodrama of 190 Index Murder Call 91 Peaches 156, 192 murders, see also crime 113–14, 160–61, Pearce, Reg 146–148 165–167 Peoples, David 134, 135 music performers, see actors in adventure films 19 period films 35–38 Japanese Story 200 Phantom Stockman, The 16 ‘Rach Three’ 50 Phantom, The 21 musical films 117–129 Picnic at Hanging Rock 36, 107, 131–134, My Brilliant Career 37 156 Pirate Movie, The 120 narrative Pirie, D.
Recommended publications
  • Australian Films
    AUSTRALIAN FILMS: The Rage in Placid Lake Just out of prep school -- where he was the target of tyrannical bullies -- misfit teen Placid Lake (Ben Lee) yearns to be a regular Joe. When a mishap lands Placid in a body cast for months, he formulates a plan to reinvent himself by donning a suit and taking a job as a drone at an insurance agency. But he soon discovers that conformity isn't what it's cracked up to be in this offbeat Aussie comedy from rookie director Tony McNamara. Strictly Ballroom This quirky, tenderly hilarious romantic comedy is sure to leave you tapping your toes. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom is the off-beat story of a championship ballroom dancer (Paul Mercurio) who breaks all the rules by choosing an ugly duckling dancing partner (Tara Morice). Sweet, funny and original, this is one you won't forget quickly. The Castle When plans for an airport expansion threaten the home of Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) and his family, the patriarch refuses to move from his "castle" -- in actuality, a shabby suburban tract house. Darryl rallies the troops and takes his battle to the highest court in Australia. This irreverent, warm-hearted comedy is frequently compared to The Full Monty. The Dish July 1969. Neil Armstrong is about to walk on the moon, and everyone's eyes are riveted to their TV screens. In Parkes, Australia, a radio dish antenna is slated to receive Apollo 11's video feed and send that historic sight out to the world … that is, if the Australian staff (including pipe-smoking, absent-minded scientist Sam Neill) and their NASA supervisor (the tense, by-the-book Patrick Warburton) don't make any mistakes! Rabbit Proof Fence Australia's aboriginal integration program of the 1930s broke countless hearts -- among them, those of young Molly (Evelyn Sampi), Gracie (Laura Monaghan) and Daisy (Tiana Sansbury), who were torn from their families and placed in an abusive orphanage.
    [Show full text]
  • A Dark New World : Anatomy of Australian Horror Films
    A dark new world: Anatomy of Australian horror films Mark David Ryan Faculty of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), December 2008 The Films (from top left to right): Undead (2003); Cut (2000); Wolf Creek (2005); Rogue (2007); Storm Warning (2006); Black Water (2007); Demons Among Us (2006); Gabriel (2007); Feed (2005). ii KEY WORDS Australian horror films; horror films; horror genre; movie genres; globalisation of film production; internationalisation; Australian film industry; independent film; fan culture iii ABSTRACT After experimental beginnings in the 1970s, a commercial push in the 1980s, and an underground existence in the 1990s, from 2000 to 2007 contemporary Australian horror production has experienced a period of strong growth and relative commercial success unequalled throughout the past three decades of Australian film history. This study explores the rise of contemporary Australian horror production: emerging production and distribution models; the films produced; and the industrial, market and technological forces driving production. Australian horror production is a vibrant production sector comprising mainstream and underground spheres of production. Mainstream horror production is an independent, internationally oriented production sector on the margins of the Australian film industry producing titles such as Wolf Creek (2005) and Rogue (2007), while underground production is a fan-based, indie filmmaking subculture, producing credit-card films such as I know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2006) and The Killbillies (2002). Overlap between these spheres of production, results in ‘high-end indie’ films such as Undead (2003) and Gabriel (2007) emerging from the underground but crossing over into the mainstream.
    [Show full text]
  • Spark Festival Uk Green Film Festival
    15 BOX OFFICE — 0116 242 2800 phoenix.org.uk MAY CINEMA / ART / CAFÉ BAR PHOENIX 8 – 14 May NEW FILMS — FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD A GIRL WALKS HOME THIS MONTH — ALONE AT NIGHT SPARK FESTIVAL Creative fun for all the family STONES FOR THE RAMPART UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL FORCE MAJEURE We join cinemas nationwide to celebrate environmental films SAMBA MAY AT A GLANCE FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD P4 <MultipleINTERSECTING LINKS > <MULTIPLEINTERSECTING LINKS> Box Office242 2800 0116 — GOOD KILL P4 CHILD 44 P6 FORCE MAJEURE P5 Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk BEVERLEY + MAKING OF DOC P5 <MultipleINTERSECTING LINKS > <MULTIPLEINTERSECTING LINKS> JOHN WICK P6 STONES FOR THE RAMPART P5 PHOENIX P6 THE VOICES P7 <MultipleINTERSECTING LINKS > <MULTIPLEINTERSECTING LINKS> THE WATER DIVINER P7 THE FALLING P10 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT P7 WOMAN IN GOLD P10 8 1/2 P10 COMING IN JUNE CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA MR HOLMES TIMBUKTU 2 – 3 DISCOVER FILM DISCOVER PHOENIX FIND WELCOME It’s Spark Festival time again! Leicester is home to the biggest children’s arts festival in the country, and at Phoenix our programme is jam–packed with digital fun for all ages. Experiment with new technologies in a short workshop; catch a family film; or create your own ‘light art’ in our Cube Gallery with Water Light Graffiti, an amazing wall embedded with thousands of LEDs that light up when you paint on it with water. A huge thank you to everyone who filled in our annual customer survey last month: we got over 950 responses. We’re currently looking through all your comments to see how we can make things better for you, and shape Phoenix’s future as we continue to adapt to pressures on public funding.
    [Show full text]
  • The Premiere Fund Slate for MIFF 2021 Comprises the Following
    The MIFF Premiere Fund provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality narrative-drama and documentary feature films that then premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Seeking out Stories That Need Telling, the the Premiere Fund deepens MIFF’s relationship with filmmaking talent and builds a pipeline of quality Australian content for MIFF. Launched at MIFF 2007, the Premiere Fund has committed to more than 70 projects. Under the charge of MIFF Chair Claire Dobbin, the Premiere Fund Executive Producer is Mark Woods, former CEO of Screen Ireland and Ausfilm and Showtime Australia Head of Content Investment & International Acquisitions. Woods has co-invested in and Executive Produced many quality films, including Rabbit Proof Fence, Japanese Story, Somersault, Breakfast on Pluto, Cannes Palme d’Or winner Wind that Shakes the Barley, and Oscar-winning Six Shooter. ➢ The Premiere Fund slate for MIFF 2021 comprises the following: • ABLAZE: A meditation on family, culture and memory, indigenous Melbourne opera singer Tiriki Onus investigates whether a 70- year old silent film was in fact made by his grandfather – civil rights leader Bill Onus. From director Alex Morgan (Hunt Angels) and producer Tom Zubrycki (Exile in Sarajevo). (Distributor: Umbrella) • ANONYMOUS CLUB: An intimate – often first-person – exploration of the successful, yet shy and introverted, 33-year-old queer Australian musician Courtney Barnett. From producers Pip Campey (Bastardy), Samantha Dinning (No Time For Quiet) & director Danny Cohen. (Dist: Film Art Media) • CHEF ANTONIO’S RECIPES FOR REVOLUTION: Continuing their series of food-related social-issue feature documentaries, director Trevor Graham (Make Hummus Not War) and producer Lisa Wang (Monsieur Mayonnaise) find a very inclusive Italian restaurant/hotel run predominately by young disabled people.
    [Show full text]
  • Roger Savage Some Mainland Chinese Work
    did you get that soundtrack?’ and the answer was, ‘in Australia’. is because often the actors they use can’t speak very good Soon after that we started doing a lot of low-budget films and Mandarin – their native tongue is often Cantonese, Korean or Roger Savage some Mainland Chinese work. One of these low-budget films even Japanese. In House of Flying Daggers, for instance, some of was directed by Zhang Yimo, who directed Hero in 2004. It the main actors were Korean and Japanese whose Mandarin was So many international awards… so little cupboard space. was through this previous association that we found ourselves unacceptable to the Mainland Chinese audience. To satisfy the working on that film as well. Hero was quite an unusual Chinese audiences the production hired voice artists to come in Andy Stewart talks to Australia’s most decorated film soundtrack, not your typical Hollywood soundtrack. and redo the voice at our studio in Beijing. The Chinese editors mixer about operating Soundfirm and what’s involved in AS: In what way was the Hero soundtrack different? then expertly cut the voice back into the film – they did an RS: The Chinese directors don’t bow down to the studio system, amazing job. Neither House of Flying Daggers nor Hero sound or delivering great sound to a cinema audience. they don’t have to, so they make their films the way they want. look like a dubbed film at all. Often the films themselves are way out there, which often means AS: What’s involved in good ADR in your experience and how the soundtrack is as well.
    [Show full text]
  • Production Notes
    A Film by John Madden Production Notes Synopsis Even the best secret agents carry a debt from a past mission. Rachel Singer must now face up to hers… Filmed on location in Tel Aviv, the U.K., and Budapest, the espionage thriller The Debt is directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). The screenplay, by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, is adapted from the 2007 Israeli film Ha-Hov [The Debt]. At the 2011 Beaune International Thriller Film Festival, The Debt was honoured with the Special Police [Jury] Prize. The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (played by Academy Award winner Helen Mirren) and Stephan (two-time Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds of the upcoming Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). All three have been venerated for decades by Israel because of the secret mission that they embarked on for their country back in 1965-1966, when the trio (portrayed, respectively, by Jessica Chastain [The Tree of Life, The Help], Marton Csokas [The Lord of the Rings, Dream House], and Sam Worthington [Avatar, Clash of the Titans]) tracked down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace), the feared Surgeon of Birkenau, in East Berlin. While Rachel found herself grappling with romantic feelings during the mission, the net around Vogel was tightened by using her as bait. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team’s mission was accomplished – or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations that compel Rachel to take matters into her own hands.
    [Show full text]
  • Autism and Aspergers in Popular Australian Cinema Post-2000 | Ellis | Disability Studies Quarterly
    Autism and Aspergers in Popular Australian Cinema Post-2000 | Ellis | Disability Studies Quarterly Autism & Aspergers In Popular Australian Cinema Post 2000 Reviewed By Katie Ellis, Murdoch University, E-Mail: [email protected] Australian Cinema is known for its tendency to feature bizarre and extraordinary characters that exist on the margins of mainstream society (O'Regan 1996, 261). While several theorists have noted the prevalence of disability within this national cinema (Ellis 2008; Duncan, Goggin & Newell 2005; Ferrier 2001), an investigation of characters that have autism is largely absent. Although characters may have displayed autistic tendencies or perpetuated misinformed media representations of this condition, it was unusual for Australian films to outright label a character as having autism until recent years. Somersault, The Black Balloon, and Mary & Max are three recent Australian films that explicitly introduce characters with autism or Asperger syndrome. Of the three, the last two depict autism with sensitivity, neither exploiting it for the purposes of the main character's development nor turning it into a spectacle of compensatory super ability. The Black Balloon, in particular, demonstrates the importance of the intentions of the filmmaker in including disability among notions of a diverse Australian community. Somersault. Red Carpet Productions. Directed By Cate Shortland 2004 Australia Using minor characters with disabilities to provide the audience with more insight into the main characters is a common narrative tool in Australian cinema (Ellis 2008, 57). Film is a visual medium that adopts visual methods of storytelling, and impairment has become a part of film language, as another variable of meaning within the shot.
    [Show full text]
  • Consignors' Index
    Consignors’ Index Hip Color No. and Sex Sire Dam 4M RANCH, AGENT—Barn 13 824 ch.c. ..............Real Solution ...........................................Stormy Sister 1407 dkb/b.f. .........Bal a Bali (BRZ) ......................................Desert Fantasy (GB) 4M RANCH, AGENT II—Barn 13 129 dkb/b.c. .........Bind ........................................................Ideratherblucky 147 ch.f. ...............Aikenite ...................................................In Step Dancer 4M RANCH, AGENT III—Barn 13 575 ch.f. ...............Lookin At Lucky .....................................Queen Cleopatra ANDERSON FARMS, AGENT—Barn 3 363 gr/ro.f. ...........Frosted ....................................................Miss Emilia 498 b.c. ................Quality Road ...........................................Pearl Turn 505 dkb/b.f. .........Hard Spun ..............................................Pengally Bay 609 b.c. ................Nyquist ...................................................Reason 1537 b.c. ................Hard Spun ..............................................Fragrance BACCARI BLOODSTOCK LLC, AGENT I—Barn 3 863 b.f..................Constitution ............................................Sweet Problem 996 b.c. ................Mastery ...................................................Veronique 1092 b.c. ................Union Rags .............................................After ought 1132 b.c. ................Medaglia d’Oro .......................................Appealing Bride 1345 ch.c. ..............Classic Empire
    [Show full text]
  • 'Noble Savages' on the Television
    ‘Nobles and savages’ on the television Frances Peters-Little The sweet voice of nature is no longer an infallible guide for us, nor is the independence we have received from her a desirable state. Peace and innocence escaped us forever, even before we tasted their delights. Beyond the range of thought and feeling of the brutish men of the earli- est times, and no longer within the grasp of the ‘enlightened’ men of later periods, the happy life of the Golden Age could never really have existed for the human race. When men could have enjoyed it they were unaware of it and when they have understood it they had already lost it. JJ Rousseau 17621 Although Rousseau laments the loss of peace and innocence; little did he realise his desire for the noble savage would endure beyond his time and into the next millennium. How- ever, all is not lost for the modern person who shares his bellow, for a new noble and savage Aborigine resonates across the electronic waves on millions of television sets throughout the globe.2 Introduction Despite the numbers of Aboriginal people drawn into the Australian film and television industries in recent years, cinema and television continue to portray and communicate images that reflect Rousseau’s desires for the noble savage. Such desires persist not only in images screened in the cinema and on television, but also in the way that they are dis- cussed. The task of ridding non-fiction film and television making of the desire for the noble and the savage is an essential one that must be consciously dealt with by both non- Aboriginal and Aboriginal film and television makers and their critics.
    [Show full text]
  • Mckee, Alan (1996) Making Race Mean : the Limits of Interpretation in the Case of Australian Aboriginality in Films and Television Programs
    McKee, Alan (1996) Making race mean : the limits of interpretation in the case of Australian Aboriginality in films and television programs. PhD thesis. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4783/ Copyright and moral rights for this thesis are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the Author The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the Author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given Glasgow Theses Service http://theses.gla.ac.uk/ [email protected] Making Race Mean The limits of interpretation in the case of Australian Aboriginality in films and television programs by Alan McKee (M.A.Hons.) Dissertation presented to the Faculty of Arts of the University of Glasgow in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Glasgow March 1996 Page 2 Abstract Academic work on Aboriginality in popular media has, understandably, been largely written in defensive registers. Aware of horrendous histories of Aboriginal murder, dispossession and pitying understanding at the hands of settlers, writers are worried about the effects of raced representation; and are always concerned to identify those texts which might be labelled racist. In order to make such a search meaningful, though, it is necessary to take as axiomatic certain propositions about the functioning of films: that they 'mean' in particular and stable ways, for example; and that sophisticated reading strategies can fully account for the possible ways a film interacts with audiences.
    [Show full text]
  • NYUNTU NGALI (You We Two) by Scott Rankin
    Education Resources Pre‐Production STC Ed presents a Windmill and Big hART production NYUNTU NGALI (You We Two) by Scott Rankin PRE‐PRODUCTION RESOURCES About Sydney Theatre Company 2 About STCEd 2 Creative Team and Cast 2 About Windmill 3 About Big hART 3 Synopsis 4 Themes 4 Historical and social background of the play 5 Interview with the playwright 6 – 7 PRE‐PRODUCTION EXERCISES Storytelling 8 – 9 We are going 10 Photo: Tony Lewis Pijantjatjara 11 – 12 Education Resource compiled by Education manager Naomi Edwards, Education Coordinator Toni Murphy, Editor Lucy Goleby, Contributors Georgia Close, Kerreen Ely Harper and DiAnne McDonald KEY AIM of exercise or section + Extension Exercises Download and watch Drama Exercises English Exercises Play online NYUNTU NGALI Sydney Theatre Company Education Resources 2010 © Copyright protects this Education Resource. Except for purposes permitted by the Copyright Act, reproduction by whatever means is prohibited. However, limited photocopying for classroom use only is permitted by educational institutions. PRE‐PRODUCTION RESOURCES ABOUT SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY www.sydneytheatre.com.au/about “PETROL: You can’t live without him. ABOUT STCED EVA: Can’t live without him. www.sydneytheatre.com.au/stced/about ROAM: We don’t care if you kill us, do we little one. Nyuntu Ngali Scene Five – Who are you? ” CREATIVE TEAM Writer and Director – Scott Rankin Musical Director and Community Producer – Beth Sometimes Lighting Designer – Nigel Levings Choreographer – Gina Rings Objects Designer – Elliat Rich AV
    [Show full text]
  • The Paul Hogan Story
    Coming to HOGES THE PAUL HOGAN STORY From Seven and FremantleMedia Australia (FMA) comes HOGES: The Paul Hogan story. An almost accidental supernova of raw comedic talent exploding onto the entertainment scene; first Australia, then the world. The story of how a married-at-18 Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger with five kids entered a TV talent contest on a dare from his work-mates to become a household name and an Oscar-nominated superstar. Embraced by all Australians and soon known simply as “Hoges,” he is joined on his meteoric journey by lifelong friend, producer and sidekick John “Strop” Cornell. Together, they first make Australians laugh, then proud with one of the most successful tourism campaigns in history selling Aussie hospitality to the world. This, with the runaway success of Crocodile Dundee, the highest US-grossing foreign film ever in its day, cements Hogan’s legacy. HOGES explores the factors which shaped this success – and at what cost success might have come. It entwines the story of his amazing journey with that of his close family life, of his two great loves, the pain of divorce, his struggle with the intense scrutiny of life in the public eye, but also of his enduring friendship with Cornell and the rollercoaster ride of their careers. FMA’s Jo Porter and Seven’s Julie McGauran are Executive Producers, Kevin Carlin (Molly, Wentworth) is Co-Producer and Director, Brett Popplewell is Producer and the script is by Keith Thompson (The Sapphires) and Marieke Hardy (Packed To The Rafters, The Family Law). The Hoges Story PART ONE PART TWO Poolside at Granville baths, a young Paul Hogan cracks jokes and pashes While the success of Crocodile Dundee catapults Hoges onto the world Noelene, his childhood sweetheart.
    [Show full text]