40,000 Years of Dreaming (1996)

November 23, 1996Documentary, TV Movie1h 7m

The British Film Institute Presents The Century of Cinema: Australia and New Zealand

Overview

Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines. In extrapolating the idea of movies as song-lines he examines feature films under the following categories: songs of the land; the bushman; the convicts; the bush-rangers; mates and larrikins; the digger; pommy bashing; the sheilas; gays; the wogs; blackfellas; and urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia."

Videos
Similar Movies
%80
Because He's My FriendJune 11, 1978
%67
We Don't Need a MapJune 7, 2017
%72
Comrades in DreamsOctober 15, 2006
%70
Easter Parade: On the AvenueMarch 15, 2005
%50
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 FacesJanuary 1, 2007
%68
Wild SessionDecember 13, 2019
%0
Micro-Budget MaraudersOctober 10, 2019
%60
Bond on LocationOctober 1, 2012
%60
Citizen BJanuary 17, 2025
%62
Welcome to LynchlandMay 14, 2025
%48
Green LightOctober 8, 2019
%74
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesMay 1, 2001
%73
Envoy: Shark CullJuly 21, 2021
%65
A Gray StateAugust 7, 2017
%64
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the OlympiansJanuary 30, 2024
%0
The Bentley EffectJuly 15, 2017
%0
Bring Out a BritonJanuary 1, 1957
%0
The Kidnapped Filmmakers of North KoreaSeptember 6, 2022
%72
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5January 11, 2026
%0
Tensions and Traditions: Molly Haskell on Red RiverAugust 14, 2014