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Author Williams, Deane.

Title Australian post-war documentary film : an arc of mirrors / Deane Williams
Published Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, [2008]
©2008

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Description $a165 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series MyiLibrary
Contents A realist film unit and association in Australia -- Cecil Holmes's folk politics : the intertextuality of Thee in one -- John Heyer's international perspective : The overlanders, The valley is ours, The back of beyond -- The neo-realism of Mike and Stefani -- Settler journeys
Summary "This book is, at one level, a selective history of Australian documentary film in the immediate post-war years. At another level it is a sketch of an internationalist progressive film culture in the same place and period. It examines some landmark films in Australian Film History and places these important works in an international context. In this work of film history Deane Williams proposes that, while these films have been understood as inferior remakes of "overseas" written, theatrical and filmic texts, these films are evidence of an Australian film culture that was a key participant in an international network of documentary practice and criticism."--BOOK JACKET
Notes ncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-165) Includes filmography: p. [153]-156
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-165)
Includes filmography: pages [153]-156
Notes Electronic version is available via MyiLibrary
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Subject Holmes, Cecil, 1921-1994.
Documentary films -- Australia -- History and criticism.
Documentary films -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Documentary films -- Australia -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Documentary films -- Australia.
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