Wallflower Press New Title The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand Edited by Geoff Mayer and Keith Beattie Publication date: 11 March 2007<br><br> 288 pages 978-1-904764-96-0 £18.99 (pbk) 978-1-904764-97-7 £50.00 (hbk) ‘An involving and highly informative foray into both the well-known and unsung triumphs of Australasian cinema’ Lawrie Zion, La Trobe University From The Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906 to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Australia and New Zealand have made a unique impact on international cinema. This book celebrates the commercially successful narrative feature films produced by these film cultures as well as key documentaries, shorts and independent films. Much more than a descriptive historical overview, this collection of essays invokes issues involving national identity, indigeneity, history and the ability of two small film cultures to survive the economic and cultural threat from Hollywood. Chapters on well-known films, and directors, such as The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982), The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993), Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001) and Rabbit Proof Fence (Philip Noyce, 2002) are included with less celebrated, but equally important, films and filmmakers such as Jedda (Charles Chauvel, 1955), They’re a Weird Mob (Michael Powell, 1966), Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984) and The Goddess of 1967 (Clara Law, 2000). Through this broad and varied selection, the book aims to reveal the diversity of Australasian filmmaking from an aesthetic, authorial, technical and cultural perspective. Geoff Mayer is Reader and Associate Professor in Cinema Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Publications include The Oxford Companion to Australian Film (1999) and The New Australian Cinema (1992). Keith Beattie teaches within the Faculty of Arts at Deakin University, Melbourne. His publications include The Scar that Binds (1998) and Documentary Screens (2003). For more information about the title, please click here (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=48g8n6bab.0.fctid6bab.blgv5xbab.4079&ts=S0236&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wallflowerpress.co.uk%2Fpublications%2F24frames%2Faussie_nz.html). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6a Middleton Place Langham Street London W1W 7TE Website: http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For review copies please contact Eleanor McKeown, Press and Publicity Officer. Please do let me know as and when any reviews are published. Thank you! E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 020 7436 9494 For inspection copies please contact Derek Walmsley, Sales and Marketing Manager E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 020 7436 9494 Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101389273441&ea=screen-l%40bama.ua.edu&a=1101572971391 This email was sent to [log in to unmask], by [log in to unmask] Update Profile/Email Address http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1101389273441&ea=screen-l%40bama.ua.edu&se=4079&t=1101572971391&lang=en&reason=F Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&m=1101389273441&ea=screen-l%40bama.ua.edu&se=4079&t=1101572971391&lang=en&reason=F Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Powered by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com Wallflower Press | 6a Middleton Place | Langham Street | London | E9 7NQ | United Kingdom ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html