New Book Unearthes the Cultural History of Australian Film

Australian Post-War Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors
Author: Deane Williams
ISBN: 9781841502106 Hardback: 230x174mm
Price: £29.95/ $60
URL: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/ppbooks.php?isbn=9781841502106
The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked critical debate over notionsof nation-building, multiculturalism and internationalization.
Australian Post-War Documentary Film tackles all these issues in a considered andwide-ranging analysis of government, institutional and also radicaldocumentaries. As a whole it is a thorough study of the international flows of film culture.
Williams illustrates these themes by critiquing the keyfilms of the era, including the seminal The Back of Beyond, often cited asthe greatest Australian film of all time.
Australian Post-War Documentary Film retells film history by reading these documentaries as part of a nexusof international, and particularly Australian filmic, written and dramatictexts, with close attention to textual analysis.
The book will appeal to anyone interested in international cinema, the way that it theorizes theperiod and offers a host of international comparisons, widening its ideasto the fabric of cultural production that surrounds all art works.
Topics include: The Intertextuality of Three in One, The Neo-Realism of Mike andStefani and the Realist Film Unit and Association in Australia.

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