[audiobook] Reframing Reality: The Aesthetics of the Surrealist Object in French and Czech Cinema by Alison Frank at Arts-Photography

Description

The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked critical debate over notions of nation-building; multiculturalism and internationalization. Australian Post-War Documentary Film tackles all these issues in a considered and wide-ranging analysis of government; institutional and also radical documentaries. On one level; the book is a selective history of Australian documentary film in the immediate post-war years. It also charts the rise of a progressive film culture. As a whole it is a thorough study of the international flows of film culture. Williams illustrates these themes by critiquing the key films of the era; including the seminal The Back of Beyond; often cited as the greatest Australian film of all time. Australian Post-War Documentary Film retells film history by reading these documentaries as part of a nexus of international; and particularly Australian filmic; written and dramatic texts; with close attention to textual analysis. The book will appeal to anyone interested in international cinema; the way that it theorizes the period and offers a host of international comparisons; widening its ideas to the fabric of cultural production that surrounds all art works.