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  • Century of Cinema 40,000 years of dreaming (Season 1, Episode 15)
  • TV Episode | 67 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Century of Cinema

40,000 years of dreaming (Season 1, Episode 15)
TV Episode | 67 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Australian born film maker George (Mad Max) 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 ...See moreAustralian born film maker George (Mad Max) 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 ; urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia". Written by Simon Hart See less
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Director
Writer
George Miller (written by)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 21, 1996

Release date
Nov 21, 1996 (United States)

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Harvey Adams
Jarms (archive footage) Jarms (archive footage)   See fewer
Elizabeth Alexander
Petra Graf (archive footage) Petra Graf (archive footage)   See fewer
Dorothy Alison
Rose O'Riordan (archive footage) Rose O'Riordan (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack Allen
Fat Man in Bar (archive footage) Fat Man in Bar (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronnie Ansell
Ronnie (archive footage) Ronnie (archive footage)   See fewer
Bert Bailey
Dad Rudd (archive footage) Dad Rudd (archive footage)   See fewer
Vincent Ball
Col. Ian 'Johnny' Hamilton (archive footage) Col. Ian 'Johnny' Hamilton (archive footage)   See fewer
Ray Barrett
Farrell (archive footage) Farrell (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklyn Bennett
James Morrison (archive footage) James Morrison (archive footage)   See fewer
Clive Bennington
English Officer 1 (archive footage) English Officer 1 (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Bertram
Curly (archive footage) Curly (archive footage)   See fewer
Graeme Blundell
Westy (archive footage) Westy (archive footage)   See fewer
Gary Bond
John Grant (archive footage) John Grant (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank Bradley
Jim McBride (archive footage) Jim McBride (archive footage)   See fewer
Bryan Brown
Lt. Peter Handcock (archive footage) Lt. Peter Handcock (archive footage)   See fewer
Betty Bryant
Juliet Rouget (archive footage) Juliet Rouget (archive footage)   See fewer
Miles Buchanan
David Joy (archive footage) David Joy (archive footage)   See fewer
Simon Burke
Tom Allen (archive footage) Tom Allen (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Burlinson
Jim Craig (archive footage) Jim Craig (archive footage)   See fewer
Annie Byron
Rhonda's Mother (archive footage) Rhonda's Mother (archive footage)   See fewer
Daphne Campbell
Mary Parsons (archive footage) Mary Parsons (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Campbell
Self - Mythologist (archive footage) Self - Mythologist (archive footage)   See fewer
Zoe Carides
Sophie Papafogos (archive footage) Sophie Papafogos (archive footage)   See fewer
Loene Carmen
Freya Olson (archive footage) Freya Olson (archive footage)   See fewer
Alan Cassell
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener (archive footage) Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Chiari
Nino Culotta (archive footage) Nino Culotta (archive footage)   See fewer
John Clarke
Dave (archive footage) Dave (archive footage)   See fewer
Ruth Cracknell
Mrs. Heather Newby (archive footage) Mrs. Heather Newby (archive footage)   See fewer
Barry Crocker
Barry McKenzie (archive footage) Barry McKenzie (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Cummins
Sculptor (archive footage) Sculptor (archive footage)   See fewer
Claude Dampier
Algernon Allison (archive footage) Algernon Allison (archive footage)   See fewer
Margaret Dare
Marion Hastings (archive footage) Marion Hastings (archive footage)   See fewer
Jon Darling
Gordon (archive footage) Gordon (archive footage)   See fewer
Lindy Davies
Judith (archive footage) Judith (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Dignam
Brother Francine (archive footage) Brother Francine (archive footage)   See fewer
Margaret Dingle
Little Jedda (archive footage) Little Jedda (archive footage)   See fewer
Gosia Dobrowolska
Nina (archive footage) Nina (archive footage)   See fewer
Steve Dodd
Aborigine / Tabidgi (archive footage) Aborigine / Tabidgi (archive footage)   See fewer
Suzi Dougherty
Savita (archive footage) Savita (archive footage)   See fewer
Graham Dow
General Gardner (archive footage) General Gardner (archive footage)   See fewer
Sakis Dragonas
Mr. Papafagos (archive footage) Mr. Papafagos (archive footage)   See fewer
Nellie Ferguson
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Peter Finch
Macauley (archive footage) Macauley (archive footage)   See fewer
George Fisher
Rufus Dawes (archive footage) Rufus Dawes (archive footage)   See fewer
Charlotte Francis
Alma Lee (archive footage) Alma Lee (archive footage)   See fewer
Colin Friels
Malcolm Hughes (archive footage) Malcolm Hughes (archive footage)   See fewer
Wendy Gibb
Cathy McAllister (archive footage) Cathy McAllister (archive footage)   See fewer
Vivean Gray
Miss Greta McCraw (archive footage) Miss Greta McCraw (archive footage)   See fewer
Stan Green
Sgt. Major (archive footage) Sgt. Major (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Grubb
Frank Hawdon (archive footage) Frank Hawdon (archive footage)   See fewer
David Gulpilil
Black Boy (archive footage) Black Boy (archive footage)   See fewer
Roz Hammond
Cheryl (archive footage) Cheryl (archive footage)   See fewer
John Hargreaves
Frank Baker / Bung (archive footage) Frank Baker / Bung (archive footage)   See fewer
John Nugent Hayward
Bill Parsons (archive footage) Bill Parsons (archive footage)   See fewer
Chris Haywood
Chris Hewitt (archive footage) Chris Hewitt (archive footage)   See fewer
Noel Hodda
Estonian Man (archive footage) Estonian Man (archive footage)   See fewer
Giles Holland-Martin
English Officer 2 (archive footage) English Officer 2 (archive footage)   See fewer
Nicholas Hope
Bubby (archive footage) Bubby (archive footage)   See fewer
Joy Hruby
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Barry Humphries
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Bill Hunter
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Mick Jagger
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Belinda Jarrett
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Victor Jory
Dick Drake (archive footage) Dick Drake (archive footage)   See fewer
Ivar Kants
Julian (archive footage) Julian (archive footage)   See fewer
Alec Kellaway
Entwistle (archive footage) Entwistle (archive footage)   See fewer
Cecil Kellaway
Hubert Blaydon (archive footage) Hubert Blaydon (archive footage)   See fewer
Graham Kennedy
Harry (archive footage) Harry (archive footage)   See fewer
Dene Kermond
Malcolm Heslop (archive footage) Malcolm Heslop (archive footage)   See fewer
Pauline Kruse
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Jedda (archive footage) Jedda (archive footage)   See fewer
Jude Kuring
Grace (archive footage) Grace (archive footage)   See fewer
Sophie Lee
Tania Degano (archive footage) Tania Degano (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank Leighton
The Hon. Hurbert Montmorency / Tommy Dawson (archive footage) The Hon. Hurbert Montmorency / Tommy Dawson (archive footage)   See fewer
Geneviève Lemon
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Tommy Lewis
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Katie Lilley
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Rose Lilley
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Helenka Link
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Margo Lloyd
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John Longden
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Lottie Lyell
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Grant Lyndsay
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Susan Lyons
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Mary Maguire
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Chico Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
George Miller
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Frank Mills
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Anna Maria Monticelli
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John Moore
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John Morris
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Helen Morse
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Russell Newman
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David Ngoombujarra
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Vy Nguyen
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Tal Ordell
Joe Hayseed (archive footage) Joe Hayseed (archive footage)   See fewer
Damien Parer
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Michael Pate
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Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon (archive footage) Doc Tydon (archive footage)   See fewer
John Polson
Greg (archive footage) Greg (archive footage)   See fewer
Kenneth Radley
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Chips Rafferty
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Molly Raynor
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Paul Reynall
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Ann Richards
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Luc Roeg
White Boy (archive footage) White Boy (archive footage)   See fewer
Christine Schuler
Edith Horton (archive footage) Edith Horton (archive footage)   See fewer
Thelma Scott
Jane O'Riordan (archive footage) Jane O'Riordan (archive footage)   See fewer
Doug Scroope
Male Drinker (archive footage) Male Drinker (archive footage)   See fewer
Betty Suttor
Sarah McMann (archive footage) Sarah McMann (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Tauchert
Bill the Bloke (archive footage) Bill the Bloke (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack Thompson
Dick / Harry Mitchell (archive footage) Dick / Harry Mitchell (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Tudawali
Marbuck (archive footage) Marbuck (archive footage)   See fewer
Helen Twelvetrees
Joan (archive footage) Joan (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Valli
'Happy' Morgan (archive footage) 'Happy' Morgan (archive footage)   See fewer
Antonio Vargas
Rico (archive footage) Rico (archive footage)   See fewer
George Wallace
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Ken Wayne
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Peter Whittle
Joe (archive footage) Joe (archive footage)   See fewer
Dana Wilson
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Edward Woodward
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Constance Worth
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Dan Wyllie
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