{"title":"Brian McFarlane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian McFarlane\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a captivating journey through \u003cem\u003ebiography and memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, weaving rich narratives that illuminate personal stories and cultural moments. His works explore lives intertwined with the fabric of arts and entertainment, bringing to light the enduring appeal of classic cinema and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful reflections and engaging accounts that celebrate creativity and history, framed with a deep appreciation for the arts. McFarlane’s writing invites a closer look at iconic stories and figures that have shaped cultural memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"double-act-by-brian-mcfarlane-9781922235725","title":"Double Act","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot many can boast of careers that lasted successfully for nearly seventy years, but that is what both Googie Withers and John McCallum achieved. Googie portrayed everything from brazen murderesses to Lady Bracknell, taking in blonde nitwits, wartime Resistance workers, lady farmers, and Shakespeare along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn not only performed memorably in all the acting media but was also a pioneer producer in Australian television, sending Skippy into the far corners of the earth, the managing director of a huge theatrical firm, and a film director, playwright, and author. Just as remarkable was their 62-year marriage, not all that common in the entertainment world, and the way this worked is as fascinating as their varied and prolific careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere were plenty of disagreements along the way, but underlying all was their profound respect for each other's work and a kind of love that was essentially complementary. 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It explores the central relationship of the film, where two people who fall unexpectedly in love come to realise that there is more to life than self-gratification. Mores have undoubtedly changed, for better or worse, but that essential moral choice has never lost its power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile acknowledging this, the book goes further in an effort to account for the way the film has passed into the wider culture. People born decades after its first appearance are now adept at picking up references to it, whether a black-and-white scene in a much later film or a passing joke about a bald man in a barber's shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432990032108,"sku":"9781526124401","price":55.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526124401.jpg?v=1774564532"},{"product_id":"outback-by-brian-mcfarlane-9781835950135","title":"Outback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudying the role of the Western film genre in Australia's changing political and cultural landscape.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the influence of the cinematic Western in Australian cinema history, \u003cem\u003eOutback\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the American genre has been adapted to the changing Australian social, political, and cultural contexts of their production, including the shifting emphases in the representation of the Indigenous population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrian McFarlane emphasises the ways film can, without didacticism, provide evidence of changing politics and culture. McFarlane explores Australian history with the genre by analysing such films as Charles Tait's 1906 \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Kelly Gang\u003c\/em\u003e and Justin Kurzel's 2020 adaptation of Peter Carey's \u003cem\u003eThe True History of the Kelly Gang\u003c\/em\u003e. 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One was an essay for \u003cem\u003eScreen Education\u003c\/em\u003e on the western in Australian cinema of the 21st century; the other piece was the review of a book entitled \u003cem\u003eFilm and the Historian\u003c\/em\u003e for the online journal \u003cem\u003eInside Story\u003c\/em\u003e. Between the two, he saw the interesting prospect of a book-length study of the role of the western genre in Australia’s changing political and cultural history over the last century – and the ways in which film can, without didacticism, provide evidence of such change. Key matters include the changing attitudes to and representation of Indigenous peoples and of women's roles in Australian Westerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen one considers that the longest narrative film then seen in Australia, and quite possibly the world, was Charles Tait’s \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Kelly Gang\u003c\/em\u003e (1906), it is clear that Australia has some serious history in the genre. 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