40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997)
40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997)
The British Film Institute Presents The Century of Cinema: Australia and New Zealand
Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines. In extrapolating the idea of movies as song-lines he examines feature films under the following categories: songs of the land; the bushman; the convicts; the bush-rangers; mates and larrikins; the digger; pommy bashing; the sheilas; gays; the wogs; blackfellas; and urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia."

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George Miller George Miller As: Self - Host / Narrator
Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell As: Self - Mythologist (archive footage)
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Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines. In extrapolating the idea of movies as song-lines he examines feature films under the following categories: songs of the land; the bushman; the convicts; the bush-rangers; mates and larrikins; the digger; pommy bashing; the sheilas; gays; the wogs; blackfellas; and urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia."


Tagline: The British Film Institute Presents The Century of Cinema: Australia and New Zealand
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Documentary, TV Movie

Language: English

Release Date: 10 November 1997

Country: AU, GB

Runtime: 67m

Company Credits

Company: BFI, Kennedy Miller Productions

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Cast

George Miller

George Miller

Self - Host / Narrator

Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell

Self - Mythologist (archive footage)

Directed By

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Colin MacCabe

Colin MacCabe

Executive Producer

Bob Last

Bob Last

Executive Producer

Doug Mitchell

Doug Mitchell

Producer

George Miller

George Miller

Producer

Edited By

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Sound

Carl Vine

Carl Vine

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Dion Beebe

Dion Beebe

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

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Other Crew

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