AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CINEMA by O'Regan, Tom - 2001

NY: Routledge. Very Good-. 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 0415956319; Paper Covers. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unworn, with no writing or other entries in the text; the upper fore corners on about half of the book are very slightly bent upward. ; Second printing of the First Edition, cprt. 1996. 9-1/8" Tall, IX + 403pp. Paper Covers. FILMS. "Since 1970, Australian cinema has enjoyed a national and international revival . In this book O'Regan offers a critique of the films in the course of an absorbing re-examination of the relationship between cinema, culture and society in Australia. He asserts the distinct and diverse nature of Australian cinema, placing it in the context of a complex cinematic culture encompassing film-making, markets, criticism, film policy, and cinema audiences. The book shows how Australian films and film-makers have engaged with urgent social and cultural issues of class, religion, race, gender, and sexual orientation. " ... List of Feature films, documentaries, short films, TV-mini-series and series cited. Directors cited. Name Index. List of films cited. Bibliograph y. .