Learning on Screen40,000 Years of Dreaming
- Synopsis
- Explores Australian cinema from the beginning of the century, linking the high-tech narratives of film-making and the ancient Aboriginal creation myth of ‘the dreaming’. Examines such pictures WALKABOUT and PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, GALLIPOLI, THE CHANT OF JIMMY BLACKSMITH, MURIEL’S WEDDING, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT and ROMPER STOMPER.
- Series
- New Zealand and Australia
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 67 min.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- Broadcast as THE YEARS OF DREAMING on C4 on 20/9/97.
- Subjects
- Media studies
- Keywords
- Australia; cinema - Australia; history of cinema
Credits
- Director
- George Miller
- Producer
- Doug Mitchell; George Miller
- Writer
- George Miller
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
British Film Institute
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 7950
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
London
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Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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"40,000 Years of Dreaming"; "New Zealand and Australia"; . http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/51 (Accessed 04 Jul 2024)
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