40,000 Years of Dreaming (1996)
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."
Director: George Miller
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Runtime: 67 min
Release Date: November 23, 1996
Cast
- George Miller - Self - Host / Narrator
- Joseph Campbell - Self - Mythologist (archive footage)
Screenplay
Music: Carl Vine
Cinematography: Dion Beebe
Editing: Margaret Sixel
Production: BFI, Kennedy Miller Productions
Country: Australia, United Kingdom
Language: English
Original Language: en
Keywords
australia, movie business, filmmaking
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 40,000 Years of Dreaming about?
- 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."
- Who directed 40,000 Years of Dreaming?
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming was directed by George Miller.
- Who stars in 40,000 Years of Dreaming?
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming stars George Miller, Joseph Campbell.
- How long is 40,000 Years of Dreaming?
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming has a runtime of 1h 7m (67 minutes).
- What genre is 40,000 Years of Dreaming?
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming is a Documentary, TV Movie film.
- Where was 40,000 Years of Dreaming produced?
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming was produced in Australia, United Kingdom.