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Australian Films

On the other hand, Australia's national identity in the film "Robbery Under Arms" is articulate to the Bushranger period of the late 1950"s, playing particular tribute to Captain Starlight. While the character representation of national identity alters in the two films the portrayal of the vast Aussie outback tends to be vary analogous in both films. Both present their viewers with a sense of Australianness through exposing the barrenness and desolation of the "bush". "National identity is not a fixed essence, permanently lodged in human nature, but a cultural value, susceptible to the forces acting on people, groups and communities." (Seminar 1, page 1) National identity tends to prevail for a period of time as a representative of Australia only to fall away or be transformed into something else; this is evident in these films as the Australia's identity shifts from the bushranger character to the great Aussie battler. .
             Australian national identity in the past was created on the basis of an assumed masculinity; this unwritten proclamation appeared to lie at the heart of Australian self-image. Women had a tendency to be seen in a subordinate role, but with a touch of the vigour and resilience of males as well. This male oriented image of Australianness is evident in both films, particularly in "Robbery Under Arms" were the women are seen purely as the sexual other. However femininity in "On Our Selection" is brought to another level in the sense that their opinions are also foregrounded during the film, one example of this can be seen in their fight to be able to vote in the elections. Yet this is not a prominent feature of the film as the women are still playing a subsidiary role to their fellow male characters. This depiction of masculinity, where the feminine appears as a support for the male, is significant to Australian national imaginary. This reflects the cultural values of the early Australian nation in a male oriented dimension as well as the "existence of a counter-tradition of strong female types and images.


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1. Australian National Cinema

... temperament and doomed to failure.' Amidst spectacular, historical settings and landscapes, these characters developed sensitively within their rather limited, gender-cliched boundaries. Australian films of this period (or AFC genre films, named after the funding agency-Australian Film Commission) were criticized again and again by the public, by film-critics and by film-makers themselves that 'Australians needed to be ... endearing personality. Fran's nationality is viewed as an enrichment. ' 'The gift of culture' enables Scott and Fran to transform ballroom dancing and bring together ...

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2. Consider how one or more documentary films you have viewed e

Several documentaries employ elements of narrative nature, which is an effective technique in trying to get to the audience to see their point of view. The structure, language, tone, etc. pertaining to narration, plays an important role in convincing the viewer. The two documentaries I will evaluate are Michael Moore's "Roger and Me" and "Sex, Guys and Videotapes," who's main character is Elle McFeast. "Roger and Me," uses a narrative structure which picks up after the introductions. During the introduction phase of the documentary, Moore introduces us to the setting, "Flint, Michigan," and th...

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3. What Does Film Tell Us About H

... for it at the box office" . The film Gallipoli immediately comes to mind with regards to this "celluloid mirror". Gallipoli is as an Australian reconstruction of the famed Anzac legend. It is interesting to note that the source to which the film was based upon is credited to ... the Anzac unit to charge up the trenches, effectively signing their death warrants. This is a glaring inaccuracy as in fact, it was an Australian officer who orders the attack which sends the Anzac unit to their matyred deaths. If painstaking analyzed and taken apart by traditional methodologies, the film ... w...

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4. Baz Luhrmann

... on his work. All three people work well together and this allows Luhrmann to have a great deal of control over his projects. All three of Luhrmann's films, "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), "Romeo and Juliet" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge" (2001), have been influenced by his passion for the theatre and his ... art forms. Luhrmann as an Auteur has had his work accredited by receiving a large number of Australian awards, some Baftas and for "Moulin Rouge" he also achieved some Oscars. In his films Luhrmann mixes reality with illusion. He exaggerates the extraordinary to emphasise the world he has crea...

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5. Online Piracy in Australia

... copyright, video rental and cinema industry are suffering to a point that they have reached of not being able to distribute and develop future films. This outcome affects many individuals including the audiences and actors. In Australia, the industry of film subsidizes an approximate $5.3 billion dollars to the ... generations will be affected and chances are there will end up being no entertainment for the future if worst comes to worst. Many Australian citizens strongly have the opinion that file sharing should be free and available to all. Supports also believe that online piracy and...

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6. Australia int he 1920

... and the electric vacuum cleaner. Although these appliances were initially targeted at an upper class, they changed the life of the house working middle-class wife forever. The changes overtaking Australian lives saw the evolution of new technologies. New methods of transportation included the automobile, (mostly imported from Britain and America), the electrification of trains spread through Sydney and Melbourne, ... at dance halls to socialise and try daring and new dances such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom. The most popular form of entertainment, however, was the cinema. Sile...

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7. Book to Film

... the same age as me and has the same interests (football). I told mum a bit about the book and she said to me that she had seen a movie called Australian Rules that had the same characters in it, Blacky, Dumby Red, and Arks. I soon found out that it was a movie based on Deadly Unna. Once I had ... that had changed I couldn't help feeling the same as I did with To Kill a Mockingbird, disappointed. With my experience, and what I've heard from others all films that came from books have been disappointing. Why is this? Are our expectations too high? Our expectations tend to get high when we g...

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8. Aboriginality

... which Aboriginal children and families require'. (Bridge, Freeburn, 2001). The concept of Aboriginality is the survival, identity, and the cultural diversity of Australian Aborigines. The Australian Aborigines have been on this Australian land for over 40,000 years. The word ˜Indigenous' refers of the Torres Strait Islanders people and Aboriginal people, though seen as ... impacts on foods, religion and cultural celebrations. There are many aspects that impact the Australian culture they include, language, fashion, multiculturalism, Australian films, food, songs, sport, Aboriginal art an...

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9. Baz Lurmann

... song "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen" released in 1999. Critics have not always agreed with the way in which Luhrmann works, saying his films are completely false, however this has not stopped him becoming one of the most famous and most accredited directors of the modern day. I personally ... are many patterns recognisable within these films. The works of Luhrmann always have a certain twist to them making them stand out from any other kind of film works. Over the years he has won many awards for his greatest works including a number of AFA's (Australian film awards), and many BAFTA'...

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