Summary
In this thoughtful and thought-provoking essay, Andrew Frost contextualises the major thematic concerns of Rowan Woods’ film The Boys into the broader context of social anxieties about violence, crime and morality. He chronicles his own personal journey with the film and its makers from art school to the underground Super 8 filmmaking scene of Sydney in the mid-1980s, and the early short films of Rowan Woods. Frost discovers new aspects of The Boys even today and wonders …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780868198620 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0868198625 |
| Series: | Australian Screen Classics |
| Author: | Andrew Frost |
| Publisher: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 135mm x 5mm |
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About The Author
Andrew Frost
ANDREW FROST is a writer and broadcaster. His articles have been published in a variety of Australian and international contemporary art and film publications as well as contributing regularly to the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2007 he wrote and presented The Art Life, a series on Australian contemporary art and its sequel The Art Life 2 (2009). His TV specials include The Venice Biennale (2007) and In Conversation: Brian Eno (2009). His fiction has been published in a number of journals and magazines including I’m Worse At What I Do Best, Runway, Iceberg Journal and Global Short Stories. He lives on the Central Coast of NSW.
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