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40,000 Years of Dreaming
40,000 Years of Dreaming

40,000 Years of Dreaming

1996

⭐6.4(7 votes)
1h 7m
DocumentaryTV Movie

Overview

Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines. In extrapolating the idea of movies as song-lines he examines feature films under the following categories: songs of the land; the bushman; the convicts; the bush-rangers; mates and larrikins; the digger; pommy bashing; the sheilas; gays; the wogs; blackfellas; and urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia."

About 40,000 Years of Dreaming

40,000 Years of Dreaming (1996) is a Documentary, TV Movie film that follows australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines. In extrapolating the idea of movies as song-lines he examines feature films under the following categories: songs of the land; the bushman; the convicts; the bush-rangers; mates and larrikins; the digger; pommy bashing; the sheilas; gays; the wogs; blackfellas; and urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia." Currently, you can watch 40,000 Years of Dreaming on OVID. Streaming availability may vary by country and platform over time. It has a user rating of 6.4 out of 10 from 7 votes. Fans of documentary movies may also want to explore similar titles below.

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