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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785272303321

Titolo

Directory of world cinema . Volume III Australia and New Zealand [[electronic resource] /] / Edited by Ben Glodsmith and Geoaff Lealand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brisol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2010

ISBN

1-282-75959-0

9786612759598

1-84150-342-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Directory of World Cinema

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldsmithBen

LealandGeoffrey

Disciplina

791.430994

Soggetti

Motion picture industry - Australia

Motion picture industry - New Zealand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Australian Cinema; Directors; Disability in the Australian Cinema; Short Films; Bushranger; War Cinema; Crime; Prison; Period; Comedy; Coming of Age; Horror; Road Movies; Science Fiction and Fantasy; Ozploitation; Introduction: New Zealand Film in 2009; Experimental Film; Directors; Genre and Themes; Recommended Reading; Australia & New Zealand Cinema Online; Notes on Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This addition to Intellect's Directory of World Cinema series turns the spotlight on Australia and New Zealand. This ambitious volume offers an in-depth and exciting look at the cinema produced in these two countries since the turn of the twentieth century. Though the two nations share considerable cultural and economic connections, their film industries remain distinct, marked by differences of scale, level of government involvement and funding, and relations with other countries and national cinemas. Through essays about prominent genres and themes, profiles of directors, and comprehensive r