The Australian film industry seems to be in a perpetual state of crisis. Comedy stalwart Tim Ferguson, a special guest on The Parallax Podcast, believes a resistance to genre filmmaking lies at the heart of its troubles.
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Another Anzac Day and some new angles
It was moving to read in The Sunday Age a story reporting that records mapping the location of 3906 Vietnamese soldiers killed and buried by Australians during the Task Force operations had been given to Vietnam.
READ MOREUntangling the myths of Gallipoli on film
Many Australians have seen the footage of ANZAC troops scrambling onto the shores of Gallipoli, but it was fake - a re-creation staged within weeks of the actual landings. Paul Byrnes discusses the truth and fiction of Gallipoli film depictions.
READ MOREThe PR campaigns driving Anzac Day
For many Anzac Day is a solemn day of remembrance, but much of what Australians believe about it have been products more of recent PR and propaganda than of memory, writes Noel Turnbull.
READ MOREVictorian bushfires: Australian spirit present
I was also in Marysville that Saturday afternoon. How different my impressions were to Peter Chamber’s, writes Julie Bell.
READ MOREBritt Lapthorne and ugly Australian nationalism
We’re not too strong at consistency in Australia, particularly when we’re feeling nationalistic, writes Bernard Keane.
READ MOREComments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Gunns’ rapacity as bad as it gets … the politics of history … low paid workers … food stamps … courting farmers … get back to a local brew, you yuppies …
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