Australian New Wave

The Australian New Wave, also known as the "Australian Film Revival" and the "Australian Film Renaissance", was a resurgence in worldwide popularity of Australian cinema culture that started in the early 1970s and lasted until the late 1980s. Some films from the era are also known as "Ozploitation" films, a style unique to Australian cinema [http://www.afi.org.au/latestnews/news_detailed.asp?id=148 Australian Film Institute - "Not Quite Hollywood" article] ] .

Notable Films

*"Stork" (1971)
*"The Adventures of Barry McKenzie" (1972)
*"Alvin Purple" (1973)
*"Alvin Purple Rides Again" (1974)
*"Barry McKenzie Holds His Own" (1974)
*"The Cars That Ate Paris" (1974)
*"Petersen" (1974)
*"The Man From Hong Kong" (1975)
*"Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975)
*"Sunday Too Far Away" (1975)
*"Caddie" (1976)
*"The Devil's Playground" (1976)
*"Don's Party" (1976)
*"Eliza Frazer" (1976)
*"Storm Boy" (1976)
*"The Last Wave" (1977)
*"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1978)
*"Newsfront" (1978)
*"Mad Max" (1979)
*"My Brilliant Career" (1979)
*"The Odd Angry Shot" (1979)
*"Breaker Morant" (1980)
*"The Club" (1980)
*"Gallipoli" (1981)
*"" (1981)
*"Puberty Blues" (1981)
*"Race for the Yankee Zephyr" (1981, co-produced with NZ and USA)
*"Roadgames" (1981)
*"Attack Force Z" (1982)
*"Heatwave" (1982)
*"The Man from Snowy River" (1982)
*"Starstruck" (1982)
*"Turkey Shoot" (1982)
*"The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982)
*"BMX Bandits" (1983)
*"Bush Christmas" (1983)
*"Razorback" (1984)
*"" (1985)
*"Crocodile Dundee" (1986)
*"Frog Dreaming" (1986)
*"Malcolm" (1986)
*"Dead-End Drive In" (1986)
*"The Year My Voice Broke" (1987)
*"The Lighthorsemen" (1987)
*"Crocodile Dundee II" (1988)
*"Dead Calm" (1989)

Notable Figures

Directors and actors who launched successful careers as a direct result of the Australian New Wave include:

Directors:
*Peter Weir
*George Miller
*Bruce Beresford
*Gillian Armstrong
*Fred Schepisi
*Phillip Noyce
*Tim Burstall
*John DuiganActors:
*Mel Gibson
*Nicole Kidman
*Judy Davis
*Paul Hogan
*Bryan Brown
*Sam Neill
*Jack Thompson
*Sigrid Thornton
*David Gulpilil

Sue Mathews' "35mm Dreams", published at the height of the Australian New Wave in 1984, was a landmark study of the major Australian directors of the time. Among the directors portrayed, one - John Duigan - had not yet received widespread critical and box-office acclaim. He came to worldwide attention after making "The Year My Voice Broke" (1987) and its sequel "Flirting" (1991) a few years later.

Ozploitation

Ozploitation films are a type of low budget horror, comedy and action films made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971 [http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=17221 FilmStew.com - "An Ode to Ozploitation" article, May 5 2008] ] . The year also marked the beginnings of the Australian New Wave movement, and the Ozploitation style peaked within the same time frame (early 1970s to late 1980s). Ozploitation is often considered a smaller wave within the Australian New Wave, "a time when break-neck-action, schlock-horror, ocker comedy and frisky sex romps joined a uniquely antipodean wave in exploitation cinema" [http://www.afi.org.au/latestnews/news_detailed.asp?id=148 Australian Film Institute - "Not Quite Hollywood" article] ] .

Ozploitation is experiencing somewhat of a revivial in recent years with films: "Undead" (2003), "Wolf Creek" (2005), "Rogue" (2007), "Daybreakers" (2008) and the upcoming "Storm Warning" and "Long Weekend" made in the Ozploitation style. A 2008 feature film, "Not Quite Hollywood", examines the Ozploitation films made during the Australian New Wave. The film includes interviews with Quentin Tarantino, a long time fan of Ozploitation films [http://www.afi.org.au/latestnews/news_detailed.asp?id=148 Australian Film Institute - "Not Quite Hollywood" article] ] [http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=17221 FilmStew.com - "An Ode to Ozploitation" article, May 5 2008] ] .

References

* [http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Academy-Awards-Crime-Films/Australia-THE-AUSTRALIAN-NEW-WAVE-THE-COMEDIES.html Film Reference Encyclopedia - "Australian New Wave: The Comedies"]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E2DA1639F936A25751C0A967948260 New York Times - "Australia Prides Its 'New Wave' of Films" article, February 15 1981]

ee also

*British New Wave
*Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Wave)
*Czechoslovak New Wave
*Hong Kong New Wave
*New Hollywood (American New Wave)
*No Wave Cinema
*Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave)
*Nuberu bagu (Japanese New Wave)
*Remodernist Film
*Taiwan New Wave

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