New Australian cinema: sources and parallels in American and British film

Abstract

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.