Table of Contents

Preface; Part I: 1. Introduction; Part II: 2. American Classical Cinema and the melodramatic tradition; 3. The melodrama of isolation and defeat: Australian cinema since Picnic at Hanging Rock; Part III: 4. Two booms: 'High' British cinema and new Australian cinema; 5. The films: Britain (1940–1960) and Australia (1970–1990); Part IV: 6. Observations and conclusions; Selected bibliography on Australian cinema; Index.

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This book traces the development of Australian cinema through the influence of Hollywood and of British films of the forties and fifties.