Australian New Wave

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The Australian New Wave, also known as the "Australian Film Revival" and the "Australian Film Renaissance", was a resurgence in worldwide popularity of Australian cinema culture that started in the early 1970s and lasted until the late 1980s. Some films from the era are also known as "Ozploitation" films, a style unique to Australian cinema^[1].

1 Notable Films
2 Notable Figures
3 Ozploitation
4 References
5 See Also

[edit] Notable Films

Stork (1971)
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Alvin Purple (1973)
Alvin Purple Rides Again (1974)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
Petersen (1974)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Caddie (1976)
The Devil's Playground (1976)
Don's Party (1976)
Eliza Frazer (1976)
Storm Boy (1976)
The Last Wave (1977)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Newsfront (1978)
Mad Max (1979)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)

Breaker Morant (1980)
The Club (1980)
Gallipoli (1981)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Puberty Blues (1981)
Attack Force Z (1982)
Heatwave (1982)
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Starstruck (1982)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
BMX Bandits (1983)
Bush Christmas (1983)
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Frog Dreaming (1986)
Malcolm (1986)
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Dead Calm (1989)

[edit] Notable Figures

Directors and actors who launched successful careers as a direct result of the Australian New Wave include:

Directors:

Actors:

Sue Mathews' 35mm Dreams, published at the height of the Australian New Wave in 1984, was a landmark study of the major Australian directors of the time. Among the directors portrayed, one - John Duigan - had not yet received widespread critical and box-office acclaim. He came to worldwide attention after making The Year My Voice Broke (1987) and its sequel Flirting (1991) a few years later.

[edit] Ozploitation

Ozploitation films are a type of low budget horror, comedy and action films made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971^[2]. The year also marked the beginnings of the Australian New Wave movement, and the Ozploitation style peaked within the same time frame (early 1970s to late 1980s). Ozploitation is often considered a smaller wave within the Australian New Wave, "a time when break-neck-action, schlock-horror, ocker comedy and frisky sex romps joined a uniquely antipodean wave in exploitation cinema"^[1].

Ozploitation is experiencing somewhat of a revivial in recent years with films: Undead (2003), Wolf Creek (2005), Rogue (2007), Daybreakers (2008) and the upcoming Storm Warning and Long Weekend made in the Ozploitation style. A 2008 feature film, Not Quite Hollywood, examines the Ozpliotation films made during the Australian New Wave. The film includes interviews with Quentin Tarantino, a long time fan of Ozploitation films^[1]^[2].

[edit] References

[edit] See Also

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