New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film

by Geoff Mayer, Brian McFarlane, Brian McFarlane

Book Overview

This book represents a new way of thinking about Australian cinema by asking where the origins of the new film lie. It begins by tracing the indebtedness of Australian cinema to the classical narrative style of Hollywood filmmaking, with its firm grasp of melodrama. Several films are studied in detail within this framework, including Picnic at Hanging Rock, Blood Oath, The Empty Beach, and Shame. The book continues by comparing the problems faced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052138768X
• ISBN13: 9780521387682
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"