All That is Solid.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics--Identity.

Politics.

Documentary film--Virtual world--Australia--20th century.

Documentary film.

Economics--Future.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

John Hughes, Early Works. 1997.

Biography/History:

Director: John Hughes Writers: Paul Davies, John Hughes. Cast: Paul Davies, Carolyn Howard, Nico Lathouris, Margaret Cameron, Mark Rogers, Louise Smith. John Hughes is one of Australia's most respected documentary (and drama) film directors, his work having won many awards. The films are usually Australian in orientation, examining art, cultural politics and history. The work is often intensely research driven; the films are serious investigations into their material. also they have cinematic creative flair. His credits are numerous, starting in the early '70s with short films such as <i>Nowhere Game</i>, through to acclaimed documentaries in the '80s such as <i>Film-Work</i>, to the narrative feature <i>What I Have Written</i>in the '90s, and onto the recent award-winning documentaries <i>The Archive Project</i> (2006) and <i>Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens In Australia</i> (2009). Hughes was honored with Film Australia's coveted Stanley Hawes Award, for Achievement In Documentary in 2006, and the inaugural Joan Long Award from the Australian and New Zealand Film History Association (2006). Paul Davies graduated from UQ in 1972 with a BA (Hons) and MA in English Literature, and two years later trained as a script editor at Crawford Productions, where he arrived in time to witness the killing of <i>Homicide</i>and the birth of many <i>Sullivans</i>. He has since written for a dozen different drama series, including <i>Stingers</i>, <i>Blue Heelers</i>, and <i>Something in the Air</i>. Two plays, <i>Storming St. Kilda by Tram</i> (Currency Press) and <i>On Shifting Sandshoes</i>, received Awgies (Australian Writers Guild Awards), as did <i>Return of the Prodigal</i>, an episode of the ABC series, <i>Something in the Air</i>. <i>Storming Mont albert by Tram</i> was first produced by Theatre Works, and was performed on many trams for more than a decade in both Melbourne and Adelaide, helping to pave the way for other site-specific plays, including: <i>Breaking up in Balwyn</i> (1983) on a riverboat, <i>Living Rooms</i> (1986) in a family mansion, and <i>Full House/ No Vacancies</i> (1989) in a former boarding house. Paul was a foundation member of Theatre Works, and co-director of the celebrated low budget short drama <i>Exits</i>, 50 minutes, 1981. He has worked on a number of John Hughes' projects. .

Summary:

The present is characterized by the absence of shared visions of the future. While circulation of commodities and technology appear to command universal claims to meaning and dominance, fragmentation, diversity and difference occupy the foreground. <i>All That is Solid</i> was made in the context of Australia's contested Bi-Centennial celebrations (1988) and financed through the Documentary Fellowship program, a scheme initiated by the Australian Film Commission and ABC TV to challenge the tendency to conformism of television with formal innovation. This film initiates a new category, 'the speculative documentary'. .

Credits:

Director, John Hughes ; producer, John Hughes ; screenwriter, Paul Davies.

Notes:

Winner: ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) Innovation Award 1989 Finalist: Best Director AFI Awards1988 Finalist; Greater Union Awards 1988 Winner: Award, Chicago Film Festival 1989

ISBN:

9781350899025

OCLC:

1356504158

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.