Film Critique - Ned Kelly & Gallipoli Essay

Ladies and gentlemen of the captive audience, I proudly present to you the awe-inspiring Australian film by Baz Luhrmann, Australia. There have been many films like Australia who try to capture how life was when Indigenous Australians were forced into missions and how Australians treated each other in many different ways like ‘The Rabbit Proof Fence’, but no other film I have ever seen has captured the relationships, landscapes and racism of Australia than our very own film, Australia. Starring Hugh Jackman as Drover, Nicole Kidman as Lady Ashley and Brandon Walters as Nullah, the 2008 film Australia was set between the years 1939 and 1942 against a number of dramatized events across the northern parts of Australia some of which include the

The famous Australian classic ‘Red Dog’ directed by Kriv Stenders and legendary 1940’s novel ‘Lassie Come Home’ by Eric Knight both explore the themes of loyalty, determination and perseverance in order to bring the stories to life through literary devices such as setting, characterisation and conflicts. Both ‘Red Dog’ and ‘Lassie Come Home’ are based on true stories secretly educating the reader about how precious life is. The phenomenal film ‘Red Dog’ is about a well-known kelpie who unites the Pilbara community all the more in search for his long lost master throughout the Australian Outback. On the other hand, ‘Lassie Come Home’ is about a faithful tri coloured collie who sets forth to re-join her beloved family while encountering great dangers throughout the lengthy journey back to Yorkshire, England.

The feature film Australia directed by Baz Luhrmann gives the viewers a great insight into life in rural Northern Territory during the 1940s. He includes characters that both compliment and oppose the setting and the way he has captured the Australian farming style of living is impeccable. Racism and sexism are alive during this time period primarily to the Aboriginal people and to women. Cultural identity is a big part of this movie, especially with an Aboriginal child, Nulluh, and the personality change that lady Sarah Ashley experiences is a critical part of the plot.

Fly Away Peter' by David Malouf(1982) is a influential war story in which the author has used opposing locations and solid symbolism to clearly represent his own ideas and views of war and further the readers consideration of the text. This essay will discuss the challenges that Malouf has put on the Australian national discourse of the harsh landscape of Australia and the glory of the Anzacs that has been depicted throughout Australia’s war history.

Ned Kelly is a renowned Australian Bushranger, known for his courage when rising against the colonizers of Australia. However, it is still argued whether Ned Kelly is a hero or villain from the perspectives of the modern society. Ned Kelly is more commonly depicted as the Robin Hood of Australia considering his purpose for his malicious deeds rather than a murderous villain having done criminal deeds. There are visual representations that deliver Ned Kelly’s intentions on being a criminal and these representations help people to make judgements based on whether he is an Australian folk hero or a murderous villain. There are key scenes in the film ‘Ned Kelly’ (2003) on the interpretation of Ned Kelly’s life and a documentary reviewing differing

The film, “Ned Kelly” directed by Gregor Jordan explores the life of a man forced into outlawry and in the process, portrays the various characteristics of the Australian identity. These include mateship in terms of loyalty towards one’s people, courage in the sense of defiance when facing injustice and finally, the contemporary theme of the underdog. These characteristics, which will each be elaborated on below, are successfully portrayed in this film through the use of creative characterization, effective cinematic techniques and engaging

The main cultural conflict in the novel was represented by political tension between wealthy, powerful England and impoverished Ireland. In the opening lines, Frank made clear his opinion on this topic by talking about “the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years”. Most of the adult characters in the memoir we're against past English invasions of Ireland and contemporary English repression of the Irish. His father “fought with the Old IRA” and was signing a lot of Irish rebel songs after coming home drunk. A lot of times he made his sons give him a promise to die for Ireland: “You'll die for Ireland, won't you, boys?” (p 40), “he’ll give us a

Bred from the gulfs of Gallipoli, the Anzac Legend found its beginnings through the Anzac men’s valourous displays of endurance that would never own defeat 1. Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, a British war correspondent, described the Anzac soldiers as reckless men for a good cause, rushing straight into the enemy's fire, waiting neither for a signal or for their boats to bay 2. The typical Anzac soldier rejected unnecessary restrictions put against them, possessed a sense of humour, was disdainful to danger and maintained an egalitarian approach on the battlefield. These qualities are what made the Anzacs special. It was through the Anzac’s response to deadly predicaments, that they defined themselves in the Gallipoli Campaign, and essentially to the rest of the world in projecting qualities that marginalised them from soldiers of other nations. The Centenary will recapture the legend of these men who had endured so much, and accordingly who have given the nation something to be proud of. It is through the consistent observance of the national holiday, and the displays of grief and triumph witnessed in Anzac celebrations across the country that define the unifying qualities and the overall relevance of the Anzac Legend to modern Australia3. Therefore, the Centenary is significantly important in recapturing the Legend and its relevance to Australia’s

The significance of the Gallipoli campaign was the Anzac spirit and the extreme sacrifice that the men had faced, but for what?

During the course of this analytical essay it can be shown that the two pieces, 8th November and (We’ll Be Singing Hallelujah) Marching through Berlin, express emotions that soldiers have felt during and after a war, through the use of musical elements. It can be established that the first song, 8th November reflects the Vietnam War, through the use of Dynamics, Pitch and Timbre. Similarly, the second piece evaluated and analysed, (We’ll Be Singing Hallelujah) Marching through Berlin also utilises the musical elements of Dynamics, Pitch and Timbre to reflect emotions and memories of past and present soldiers. The wars that these songs are about, the Vietnam War (occurring between the years 1955 and 1975, involving many countries including, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, U.S., United Kingdom and Australia.) And World War II (took place between the years 1939 and 1945, involving almost every country in the world.), can be clearly recognised throughout the style of the piece, lyrics and the musical elements found in the two songs.

, much like the characters in the film. This soundtrack can also be linked outside the text to society. This is due to the fact that in modern society use this soundtrack is used to remember heroes in A.N.Z.A.C and other commemorations. Clearly Peter Weir used this music to forebode the idea that these soldiers would in fact run over the trenches, which in turn will result in death. As an audience members this music was effectively used to create an array of emotions while watching.

Their friendship begins roughly in Egypt with a race, their rivalry was strong, but fades as they become friends. They stood by one another and always looked on the bright side of things whenever they were together. Gallipoli did not shake them, they were brave and fearless. They wanted to fight for Australia, for each other. Their brotherly love towards each other made it almost impossible to pull them apart.

This composer of this film is demonstrating what Australia is through his shots of the wide stretched and far land, the harsh and demanding environments and at the same time it depicts Australian characteristics too – Australian characteristics that this film focuses on is courage, love and faithfulness to each other, these are shown in particular when the children are taken and the mother and grandmother fight to prevent their

David Malouf and Jeremy Sims use the idea of war being life changing to influence the use of language features, stylistic features and conventions within the novel ‘Fly Away Peter’ (FAP) and the film ‘Beneath Hill 60’ (BH60). ‘FAP’, follows life of Jim Saddler, a young bird watcher from Queensland, Australia as he enlists up for Word War 1; where he fights for his sanity and the ability to return home. ‘BH60’ trails the life of Oliver Woodward and his journey as a miner throughout World War 1 and the blowing up of hill 60, a pivotal point in the war. The ideas of friendship, travel and death, are thoroughly explored and developed through the adapted use of symbolism, setting, narration and language for each topic with influential camera angles being present in the film BH60. These ideas are investigated in conjunction with the concept of war being life changing and the respective story lines of the texts.

There are bombs flying and guns being shot every which way. Albert, a soldier on the British side helped a fellow soldier even though the soldier is known to be arrogant and full of himself. Despite all the deaths and injuries he made it into a German trench. He sees Andrew, a close friend of his and they reunite. They are so relieved to see each other however, by their