Pravin Baliah’s film of choice for the Australian film board
Film: The Water Diviner
Good morning fellow members of the Australian Film Board.
As you know we are looking for a film to be an outstanding representation of the social values, beliefs and/or events that contribute or have contributed to the cultural identity of our country.
As a member of the Board, I have viewed several excellent Australian films. The film I have chosen is ‘The Water Diviner.’ It is about one of the ordinary Australian bloke with a broken heart relying on a weathered charm and never-say-die spirit to fight against impossible odds. The film director is Russell Crowe. It was released on December 26 of 2014. The film takes place in Turkey after World War
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Typically, this is adversity, environmental hardships and lack of personal recognition. Aussie battler is a term of respect and endearment intended to empower and recognise those who feel as though they exist at the bottom of society. This term has seen recently used in mainstream politics to describe a demographic section of the Australian people”. In the film one could see this in multiple places as in the case of 3 brothers even though they are unimportant and insignificant to the overall war but still the dad and some of the other characters cared about them to go through thousands of dead bodies to find them. Dad went into so much trouble by travelling from Australia to Turkey and asked for permission to travel to Gallipoli but it was denied to him. Hence, he paid a fisherman to get him to Gallipoli on boat. When he reached there, he asked other Australian and Turkey soldiers to help him to find his three sons’ bodies but nobody was interested. One soldier asked why should anyone waste their time to look for an insignificant person’s son. Then another soldier said that he was the only father who came looking for his sons! Therefore everyone joined in help finding the
Prior to World War 1, Australians on the whole suffered due to their geographical isolation, which technology had yet to defeat. Transport was solely by arduous sea journey, which restricted travel and communication with the rest of the world. The mass transfer of Australian youth to fight in Europe enabled the world to see for the first time the unique culture which was developing in this far away land. Recognition and respect was quickly given for the courage, good humour and strength in adversity displayed by Australian soldiers. The easy going egalitarian troops challenged the military norms of their British counterparts. While this
The Australian film industry is currently in a point of crisis due to the lack of audiences attending Australian films, hence creating a decline in the revenue received towards our national industry. However, this is not due to the lack of creative talent, it is rather the many underlying issues that don?t allow the Australian public with the awareness and accessibility of these films. These problems are within the distribution, marketing and funding of these Australian films, allowing the national Australian community to not seek for films made by people within their nation due to negative pre-conceived notions and the convenience of going to see a Hollywood Blockbuster. These issues are seen through the poor release of both critically received films, Jennifer Kent?s The Babadook (2014) and Hugh Sullivan?s The Infinite Man (2014), both not gaining a wide audience. Through these issues within the industry, Australian filmmakers have not been able to create the revenue needed for these films to branch out to be easily attained by the public.
I am Fiona Collins with Infilm here today to convince you that the classic 1981 Australian film The Man From Snowy River deserves to be included in your Hall of Fame. I shall educate you all in this film’s cultural and cinematic value with regards to its portrayal of Australian values. We will delve into the cultural context, plot, characters and settings, and how they were able to be directed into the film by George Miller, making the Australian values paramount. This 100 minute adventure produced by Geoff Burrowes and staring Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thorton, Kirk Douglas and Jack Thompson generated a massive following in which it held the title of Australia’s most popular film for five years. Additionally it received two prestigious awards: Montréal World Film Festival 1982 “Most Popular Film of the Festival” and the AFI’s 1982 “Best original Music Score”. These awards cement the successful reception of the film, reinforced greatly by
Good morning Selection Panel of the Australian Film Board. Today I am going to convince you that The Sapphires, directed by Wayne Blair is the perfect movie to enter the competition to represent Australia. The movie was released in 2012 and is based on a true story of four Aboriginal girls that tour around Vietnam in 1968 singing for the soldiers. The main parts of the movie that stood out were; how it demonstrated the Australian value of perseverance, the difference between each individual character and the representation of the Aboriginal culture.
Yet, the amount of emphasis that is placed on the Anzac legend could be argued to be incorrectly placed and channelled by certain groups for their own gain. This essay will argue that the Anzac legacy of the Australians being the perfect soldier is highly embellished and are no more remarkable than any other soldier. Furthermore the importance and Australia’s involvement in the First World War has been grossly inflated. Additionally, this will analyse claims made by historians and other academics about how the Anzac legend has changed overtime, and Australia’s involvement in wars.
“The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” is important to Australian culture not only for a great laugh but because it teaches people that there are many different types of Australian men and to embrace our diversity. Elliot used the AIDS epidemic as inspiration for this movie and did a very good
Australians fought in many wars, but the most successful war was thought to be ‘the war to end all wars’ (World War One). The Anzacs had experienced many hardships in this horrific war; special qualities were developed throughout the war such as endurance, mateship and courage. On the 25th of April the birth of the Anzac legend had risen. As they charged into enemy territories, in the early morning of the 1900s, they were destined to succeed despite the raining gun fire by the Turkish soldiers. Mateship, courage and endurance gradually strengthened deeper into the war; as a result, no one could take away these three imperishable qualities. Many historical records show many different perspectives about the Anzac legend. As a nation, we look upon three main attributes that the Anzacs had demonstrated courage, mateship and endurance. Therefore, the Anzac legacy continues to prosper in its purpose to motivate the modern Australian society.
In wartime propaganda, the ANZAC forces were portrayed as the loyal sons of the British Empire, fighting as much for the 'mother country' as for their own. Beyond the military campaign, the ANZAC soldiers represented the ethos of their rural Australian background. The values of equality, good humor and mateship were transplanted to the situation in Turkey. It is easy to understand why the ANZAC legend became so popular.
The Australian cinema in the 1960’s failed to communicate with the audience due to their lack of promotional messages that weren’t disseminated. Media is formed by cultural, political, economic and social conditions. These influenced or even directed its characteristics and its intended meaning. After a devastating blow to the film industry in the 1960’s, filmmakers of Australia had stopped creating and making quality Australian films. However, the Australian New Wave brought a revival of the Australian film industry during the 70's, 80's and 90’s. It introduced Australian qualities into film, including larrikinism, mateship and a classless social hierarchy. The Castle and Gallipoli confirm, promote and explore features of Australian identity
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“No, Dad. You started it… when you dragged me by the hand through mobs of them like this – just exactly like this. That’s all I ever saw on Anzac Day, every year, year after year, a screaming tribe of great, stupid, drunken no-hopers.” (page 95)
This film is performed by two marvellous actors Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr. They are both given a clear example of what the aboriginal people’s life looks like. On the other hand, the camera work is very well to present the consequences of the European impact on Aboriginal Australian society. In the film, it uses a medium shot to show Delilah look at two European young girls. In this medium shot, compare with two European young girls, Delilah is very different that images indigenous people are hard to get into European world. From these aspects, the film won many categories for Best Direction, Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress in different
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discovered and developed ibuprofen. There was a team dedicated to its development, the leaders were Stewart Adams, and his colleagues John Nicholson and Colin Burrows. They first started working on it in the 1950s, to help treat arthritis. Adams and his a associates uncovered a class of compounds, phenylalkanoic acids they acquired analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties. It involved ibuprofen, or isobutylphenyl propionic acid. Ibuprofen was first tested on cats and rats. The tests showed that ibuprofen had no impact not the cardiovascular system, nor did it have an unfavorable impact in the respiratory system. After that ibuprofen experienced substantial clinical tests. Trials were done on people that have arthritis, hyperpyrexia, and lumbago. It showed that most of them that received a daily dose of 800 milligrams- 1200 milligrams had remarkable improvement. They had a reduction of pains in their joints, stiffness, joint swelling, and symptoms of carditis. Ibuprofen was patented in the earlier part of 1961, but it was not sold until 1969. Ibuprofen was approved by the FDA, Food and Drug Administration, in 1974 and sold int the USA that year. Ibuprofen is a widely know over the counter drug, but man other drugs are the same except they
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