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- Title
- Reel crimes : the films of Australian Maverick Rupert Kathner
- Publisher
- Germany : VDM Verlag Dr. Muller
- Date
- 2009
- Author/Creator
- Morgan, Alec
- Description
- This book critically examines the films of Australian independent filmmaker Rupert Kathner who, from 1934 to 1951, defied Hollywood-controlled cinema monopolies, a corrupt police force and oppressive censorship laws in his quest to make truly Australian films. This forgotten pioneer managed to produce startling non-fiction films that broke new ground by covering controversial social problems such as poverty, slum housing, child exploitation, illegal gambling, cocaine smuggling and murder. This study includes an examination of crime and social issues in Australian cinema during the first half of the twentieth century.
- Description
- Introduction: outlaw filmmaking and history -- PART I: Kathner and crime in earlier Australian cinema -- The rise and fall of Rupert Kathner's newsreel series 'Australia today' -- 'Australia today' and its place in Australian non-fiction film history -- The making of 'The pyjama girl murder case' -- Conclusion -- PART II: 'Hunt angels' the screenplay -- The writing and making of 'Hunt angels' -- 'Hunt angels'.
- Subject Keyword
- Motion picture producers and directors--Australia--20th century
- Subject Keyword
- Newsreels--Australia--History--20th century
- Subject Keyword
- Documentary films--Australia--History--20th century
- Subject Keyword
- Crime in mass media--Australia--History
- Subject Keyword
- Historical films--Australia
- Subject Keyword
- Kathner, Rupe W. (Rupert William), ca. 1903-1954
- Subject Keyword
- Australian film history
- Subject Keyword
- censorship
- Subject Keyword
- Hollywood
- Subject Keyword
- national cinema
- Resource Type
- book
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Media, Music, and Cultural Studies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/69217
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783836482769
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2008002340
- Language
- eng
