One Night the Moon (Rachel Perkins, 2001) Georgina Wills March 2014 Key Moments in Australian Cinema In Rachel Perkins’ musical One Night the Moon the convention of the duet typical of the classical Hollywood musical is reconfigured. In the film, there is a particular moment whereby Perkins employs a harmony w...
Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) Tess Fisher March 2014 Key Moments in Australian Cinema Silence. Punctuated by the insistent ringing of a public phone. Ringing. Ringing. Ringing. Unanswered. This leitmotif in Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah embodies some of the biggest issues raised i...
Seriously Funny: History and Humour in The Sapphires and Other Indigenous Comedies Rose Capp July 2012 2012 MIFF Dossier The Sapphires (Wayne Blair, 2012) opens in an idyllic rural setting. A group of young Aboriginal girls run home across the paddocks in the fading evening light to sing for a gathering of family and friends. But...
