"Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell (2005) ‘Don’t Talk about Me... Like I’m Not Here': Disability in Australian National Cinema. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine.146/147, pp. 152-159. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.043842788583710"
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- "Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell (2005) ‘Don’t Talk about Me... Like I’m Not Here': Disability in Australian National Cinema. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine.146/147, pp. 152-159. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.043842788583710"
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- Reads, in part "Disability is a central cultural identity and category in Australia, but this is not often realized. We seek to make a contribution to conversations and critical analyses of disability in Australian culture through an exploration of a privileged national cultural form, namely film. The trope of disability looms large in late twentieth century Australian cinema, and yet cultural comment on these ‘disabled’ scripts and performances has not yet considered a disabilities studies perspective. Accordingly, in this article we combine our different perspectives on disability and film into an account of how specific films use disability. In particular, we analyse key films from the 1990s as examples of powerful displays of bodies and personhood." References a range of films, including Proof (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991), Romper Stomper (Geoffrey Wright, 1992), Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993), Muriel's Wedding (PJ Hogan, 1994), Shine (Scott Hicks, 1996), Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001), My One Legged Dream Lover (writer Kath Duncan with dir. Penny Fowler-Smith, Christine Oslen 1998), Pins and Needles (writer Genni Batterham with dir. Barbara Chobocky, 1979), Riding the Gale (Genni Batterham with dir, Hugh Piper, 1987), Dance Me to My Song (writer Heather Rose with dir. Rolf De Heer, 1998), Heather Rose Goes to Cannes (Chris Corin, 1999), Myself When Fourteen, (Ivor, Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 1989),Film of Circles, Squares, Triangles, Lines and Dots (Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 1981), Rainbow Diary (Arthur and Corinne Cantrill 1984), House Gang (Mandy smith, 1997), Quentin Crashes Big Brother (Quentin Kenihan, 2002), Quentin, World at My Wheels (Quentin Kenihan, 2000), Ability Trek (Jacob Baldwin 1998)
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- BK00088
- datePublished
- 2005
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- Corinne Cantrill
- Christopher Newell
- Christine Oslen
- Chris Corin
- Baz Luhrmann
- Baz Luhrman
- Barbara Chobocky
- Arthur Cantrill
- Kath Duncan
- Quentin Kenihan
- David Helfgott
- Toni Collette
- Scott Hicks
- Rolf de Heer
- Rena Owen
- Rachel Griffiths
- PJ Hogan
- Penny Fowler-Smith
- Nicholas Hope
- Mandy Smith
- Lynn Redgrave
- Jo Kennedy
- Joey Kennedy
- Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Jacob Baldwin
- Ivor Cantrill
- Hugo Weaving
- Hugh Piper
- Heather Rose
- Gerard Goggin
- Geoffrey Wright
- Geoffrey Rush
- Genni Batterham
- Genevieve Picot
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- abstract
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- Article<ScholarlyArticle
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- English
- keywords
- Film/TV/New Media
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| Title | Class |
|---|---|
 "Interview with Kath Duncan" |
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| Australian Film Commission (AFC) | Organization |
| BBC Films | Organization |
| Film Australia Limited | Organization |
| Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) | Organization |
| Film Victoria | Organization |
| Jo Kennedy | Person |
| Jocelyn Moorhouse | Person |
| Joey Kennedy | Person |
| Kath Duncan | Person |
| Lynn Redgrave | Person |
| Mandy Smith | Person |
| Nicholas Hope | Person |
| Pandora Cinema | Organization |
| Penny Fowler-Smith | Person |
| PJ Hogan | Person |
| Q Productions | Organization |
| Quentin Kenihan | Person |
| Rachel Griffiths | Person |
| Rena Owen | Person |
| Rolf de Heer | Person |
| SBS | Organization |
| Scott Hicks | Person |
| Screen Australia | Organization |
| South Australian Film Corporation | Organization |
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