{"product_id":"australian-international-pictures-1946-75-9780748693061","title":"Australian International Pictures (1946 - 75)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAustralian International Pictures explores the transnational and cross-cultural formations created by globally targeted but locally focussed films made in Australia in the period 1946-75. It offers an important insight into the formative moments of transnational film culture in Australia and develops an understanding of international film production in the years following WWII and before the Australian film revival of the 1970s. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 17 March 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffers an important insight into the formative moments of transnational film culture in Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvides vibrant textual studies of under-evaluated Australian international pictures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevelops an understanding of international film production in the years following WWII and before the Australian film revival of the 1970s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorrects the perception that there was no significant feature film production in Australia after the 1930s and before the revival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffers background and important precedents for the more recent practices of global co-productions and  Hollywood Down-under\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralian International Pictures examines the concept and definition of Australian film in relation to a range of local, international and global practices and trends that blur neat categorisations of national cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough international co-production is particularly acute in the present day, this book examines the porous nature of Australian International filmmaking, and the intriguing transnational and cross-cultural formations created by globally targeted but locally focussed films made in Australia in the period 1946-75.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase Studies:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Overlanders (1946) and Ealing Down Under\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKangaroo (1952)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Beach (1959)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sundowners (1960)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Drifting Avenger (1968)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAge of Consent (1969)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColor Me Dead (1970)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNed Kelly (1970)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalkabout (1971)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWake in Fright (1971)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Man from Hong Kong (1975)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 478g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 162 x 241 x 20 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780748693061\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Danks,Constantine Verevis","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44256297976058,"sku":"9780748693061","price":75.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1685096575610_book.jpg?v=1685194514","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/australian-international-pictures-1946-75-9780748693061","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}