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journal
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| Title |
Camera Natura: Landscape in Australian Feature Films |
| Author(s) | Ross Gibson |
| Issue |
22 |
| Page Number |
47-51 |
| Comments |
An interesting analysis of the representation of landscape in Australian films with stills from The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, The Back of Beyond and Bitter Springs.
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| Synopsis |
Gibson provides a detailed analytical discussion on the use of landscape in Australian feature films.
He argues that in Australian cinematic discourse it is the land, in its uncluttered, unsullied state, rather than the people, that represents the 'true' Australia. The reverence of the landscape in film is a result of an alienated society's experiences on the fringe of a vast 'empty' continent.
Gibson suggests that white Australian filmmakers still try to frame the continent within the traditional parameters of European lansdscape art. He suggests that indigenous filmmakers utilise the landscape to successfully represent the 'difference' that he believes Australian cinema is. |
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