The forgotten history of the Australian film musical: tracking the production and development of the genre in Australia

IF 0.4 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Phoebe Macrossan
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Abstract

While Australian film studies has located various genres, including horror, comedy, action/adventure, science fiction, and crime within the broader ‘Ozploitation’ discourse and the increase in Australian genre production in the 2010s, there has been little discussion of how a variety of song- and music-based Australian cinema operates in dialogue with the classical Hollywood musical and the global musical genre. Existing scholarship on the Austrlian musical has largely focused on singular well-known examples, including Strictly Ballroom (1992), The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (1994), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Bran Nue Dae (2009) and The Sapphires (2012). Specific film studies on successful musicals, particularly on Moulin Rouge! and The Sapphires, are often framed in popular and academic circles as ‘reviving’ the genre for Australian audiences, due in large part to their box office success. This does not account for the long history of Australian musical films, and their popularity. This article posits a theoretical re-evaluation of the Australian film musical genre through its unusual variations and lesser-known examples, including dance films, animations, and musical biopics. It traces the Australian film musical genre in detail, considering its rich history, numerous subgenres, and its interconnections with Australian national cinema and the global musical genre.
被遗忘的澳洲歌舞片历史:追踪澳洲歌舞片的制作与发展
虽然澳大利亚电影研究已经定位了各种类型,包括恐怖,喜剧,动作/冒险,科幻和犯罪在更广泛的“Ozploitation”话语和2010年代澳大利亚类型制作的增加,但很少有人讨论各种以歌曲和音乐为基础的澳大利亚电影如何与经典好莱坞音乐剧和全球音乐类型对话。现有的关于澳大利亚音乐剧的学术研究主要集中在一些著名的例子上,包括《舞动舞厅》(1992)、《普丽西拉历险记:沙漠女王》(1994)、《红磨坊》!(2001)、Bran nuue Dae(2009)和The sapphire(2012)。具体的电影研究成功的音乐剧,特别是在红磨坊!和《蓝宝石》,在大众和学术界经常被认为是在为澳大利亚观众“复兴”这类电影,这在很大程度上是由于它们的票房成功。这并不能解释澳大利亚歌舞片的悠久历史及其受欢迎程度。本文通过其不同寻常的变化和鲜为人知的例子,包括舞蹈电影、动画和音乐传记片,对澳大利亚电影音乐剧类型进行了理论上的重新评估。它详细地追溯了澳大利亚电影音乐类型,考虑到它丰富的历史,众多的子类型,以及它与澳大利亚国家电影和全球音乐类型的相互联系。
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Studies in Australasian Cinema
Studies in Australasian Cinema FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-
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