But, for some reason, nobody seems to take them seriously as cinema subjects.
Glancing at the LFF line-up, I would say our national cinema's subject matters haven't changed much over the years - expect council estates (Shifty), criminals (Bronson), drugs (Better Things), pop music (1 2 3 4 and Telstar), football and street fashion (Awaydays).
Film Series "THE LOST CHILDHOOD," From the very beginning of cinema, the subject of childhood has attracted filmmakers.
Although it is an art as old as society itself, makeup, like other aspects of cinema, is subject to technological development.
I thought, "Oh my goodness — Bose stereo has just cracked the mystery of cinema!" The subject came up on Saturday at the Museum of Arts and Design, where I presented Jean-Luc Godard's "Vivre Sa Vie" and talked a little about its distinctive sound design.
His monologue "The Treasurer's Report," initially delivered as a skit in an amateur revue for the Algonquin group in 1922, was the basis for one of the first all-talking cinema short subjects.
This slickly produced but mature family movie embraces themes familiar to Australian cinema – carefree subjects such as drinking, violence and death – but does so in unpretentious and extremely accessible ways.
But the issues surrounding our national cinema remain the subject of fierce and near-permanent debate.
That film was intended as a cautionary tale as was Oliver Stone's "Wall Street," but unfortunately, by nature of the needs of cinema to make subject matter as exciting as possible, any moral message in the end is pulverized by the likes of charismatic characters like Gordon Gekko, Tony Montana and now Jordan Belfort.
