University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School March 2021 Threatened by the Outback: Landscape and Ecology in the Australian New Wave Richard T. Dyer University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the Film and Media Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Dyer, Richard T., "Threatened by the Outback: Landscape and Ecology in the Australian New Wave" (2021). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/8762 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Threatened by the Outback: Landscape and Ecology in the Australian New Wave by Richard T. Dyer A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Film Studies Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Amy Rust, Ph.D. Margit Grieb, Ph.D. Todd Jurgess, Ph.D. Date of Approval: March 15, 2021 Keywords: Film, Linear Perspective, Long Take, Classic Western, Revisionist Western, Anthropocentrism Copyright © 2021, Richard T. Dyer ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thank you to those in the Humanities and Cultural Studies department who have helped this project come to fruition. In particular, I would like to thank Dr. Margit Grieb and Dr. Todd Jurgess for providing insightful feedback and stoking my interests in ecocinema and westerns.