Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first instalment of Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand, this volume continues the exploration of the cinema produced in Australia and New Zealand since the beginning of the twentieth century. Among the additions to this volume are in-depth treatments of the locations that feature prominently in the countries' cinema. Essays by leading critics and film scholars consider the significance of the outback and the beach in films, which are evoked as a liminal space in Long Weekend and a symbol of death in Heaven's Burning, among other films. Other contributions turn the spotlight on previously unexplored genres and key filmmakers, including Jane Campion, Rolf de Heer, Charles Chauvel and Gillian Armstrong. Accompanying the critical essays in this volume are more than one hundred and fifty new film reviews, complemented by film stills and significantly expanded references for further study. From The Piano to Crocodile Dundee, Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2 completes this comprehensive treatment of a consistently fascinating national cinema.

About the Author

Ben Goldsmith is a senior research fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, based at Swinburne University of Technology. He is co-author (with Susan Ward and Tom O'Regan) of Local Hollywood: Global Film Production and the Gold Coast, and the co-editor (with Geoff Lealand) of the Intellect Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand.

Mark David Ryan is an Associate Professor in screen and media industries and a Chief Investigator for the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). He is an expert in screen industries research, Australian cinema, Australian genre cinema and horror movies, and digital media. He was the President of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand (SSAAAZ) between 2015 and 2018 and an Executive Member of Australian Screen Producers Education and Research Association (ASPERA) in 2015/2016. He is the co-editor of Australian Genre Film (forthcoming 2021, Routledge), Australian Screen in the 2000s (2017, Palgrave Macmillan), and the Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2 (2015, Intellect). Twitter: @markdavidryan.

Book Information
ISBN 9781841506340
Author Ben Goldsmith
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 585g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 19mm