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Author Daniel Eisenberg

Daniel Eisenberg

Daniel Eisenberg is a PhD candidate at the Australian National University. His thesis is an explorative study navigating and negotiating the idea of the “Australian Western”. Other areas of academic interest include graphic novels on screen, American cinema and documentary. He is also a trained film archivist and projectionist, sporadic film reviewer and insatiable fan of all things cinema.

“A little piece of a big, big universe”: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Daniel Eisenberg
July 2012
2012 MIFF Dossier
“The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece, the entire universe will get busted.” - Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) in Beasts of the Southe...

Wizards and Robots and Movies, Oh My! A comparative review of Keith M. Johnston’s Science Fiction Film and James Walter’s Fantasy Film

Daniel Eisenberg
June 2012
Book Reviews
Keith M. Johnston’s Science Fiction Film: a Critical Introduction is dedicated to his parents because they helped him become a science fiction fan and scholar (p. xi). They took him to the films, bought him t...

Schepisi’s Celluloid Australia

Daniel Eisenberg
October 2011
Fred Schepisi Dossier
Fred Schepisi has been labeled as a “major force in the Australian film industry” (1). Two of the three features he has made in Australia prior to this year – The Devil’s Playground (1976) and Evil Angels (aka ...

Real and Reel: The Education of a Film Obsessive and Critic by Brian McFarlane

Daniel Eisenberg
June 2011
Book Reviews
Self-identified “filmophile” Brian McFarlane opens his “touch of the memoirs” at age ten, reminiscing about reviewing films he had never seen – something he never let stand in his way. I must state, at the open...

The Camera in the Iron Helmet: Ned Kelly (Gregor Jordan, 2003)

Daniel Eisenberg
March 2011
Key Moments in Australian Cinema
Mark Juddery has claimed that, without film, Edward “Ned”Kelly could not be the national icon he is today (1). When viewing Kelly’s cinematic legacy, it is hard to disagree. Kelly has appeared on the big screen...

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