Australasian Cinema > books. See also: writers (whose writing has contributed to films)
A list of some significant books about Australasian cinema to which I've referred on this site.
Dermody, Susan & Elizabeth Jacka 1987, The Screening of Australia, Vol. 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry, Currency Press, Sydney.
Dermody, Susan & Elizabeth Jacka 1988, The Screening of Australia, vol. 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema, Currency Press, Sydney.
Pages 252-272 contain a 'select filmography'.
Gillard, Garry 2007, Ten Types of Australian Films, Murdoch University.
Murray, Scott ed. 1995, Australian Film 1978-1994: A Survey of Theatrical Features, editorial assistants Raffaele Caputo, Alissa Tanskaya, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Film Commission and Cinema Papers, Melbourne. Rev. and expanded edn of: Australian Film 1978-1992.
This is the best reference for films released in the years mentioned in the title(s). It is therefore, similar to Pike & Cooper, but is not quite as inclusive. It draws on a large numbers of articles and film reviews which were first published in Cinema Papers, and also some from Filmnews and elsewhere.
Pike, Andrew & Ross Cooper 1998, Australian Film 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, revised edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne (first edition: 1980). Pike & Cooper.
This is the standard reference for the years mentioned in the title. It is absolutely indispensable. Murray performs something of the same function from 1978, but is less inclusive.
Reade, Eric 1975, The Australian Screen: A Pictorial History of Australian Film-making, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne.
Shirley, Graham & Brian Adams 1989, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, revised edition, Currency, Melbourne (first edition 1983).
Shirley & Adams refer in their introduction to the second edition to Dermody & Jacka as continuing from 1975 onwards.
Stratton, David 1980, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1980
Stratton, David 1990, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 1990.
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