[ebooks] Actors and Performers Yearbook 2017: Essential Contacts for Stage; Screen and Radio by Lloyd Trott at Arts-Photography

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Newsfront is about how we were and still are repeatedly colonised by America in different ways. Whenever we seem to get our head above the parapet; its then knocked down again. The recent arrival of Fox Studios is doing much the same now as was done back then . - Bob EllisI think there should always be some sort of backing for new talent in this country; which will evolve with all of its own set of problems but one always has to remember that the film industry is an international business. - Don McAlpineThe issue of globalisation is certainly a reality for me; as it is for everyone else; but largely it passes me by. I would feel under threat if I were not able to make another film; but so far the only threat Ive felt is in regard to my own inventiveness or lack thereof. - Rolf de HeerThird Take is a collection of articles and conversations by Australian film-makers; which explores the place of Australian cinema in a globalised world. A world where Planet Hollywood is not merely the name of a restaurant chain; but a way of life. Third Take looks at the contributions of Australian film-makers working in America. Including renowned cinematographers Don McAlpine (Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge) and John Seale (The English Patient and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone); Peter Weir focuses on the directors voice; and what it might mean in the world of film-making today.Third Take devotes a section to the classic Australian film of the 1970s; Newsfront; in an extraordinarily candid; witty; and eclectic mosaic of the making of the film and includes contributions from the films producer; scriptwriter as well as director; Phillip Noyce; who writes of the forces in his life that led to the making of Newsfront.There has been a lot written about the development of an Australian aesthetic; however; there have been no forums for those who actually make the films to discuss their own work and the work of fellow film-makers. Third Take: Australian Film-makers Talk gives film-makers a voice; allowing them to engage with the issues and concerns usually raised by journalists and critics.