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Film critic David Stratton reveals how Australian film-makers gained the confidence to create and tell their own stories for cinema.

Much-loved film critic David Stratton tells the fascinating story of Australian cinema, focusing in on the films that capture this idiosyncratic nation with drama, emotion and humour.

David played a pivotal role supporting film-makers and helping them to find audiences both locally and abroad. He rose to fame co-hosting a movie review show with Margaret Pomeranz, which the nation religiously tuned in to for almost 30 years.

In this first episode, we learn how Aussie film-makers gained the confidence to tell their own stories with the boldness of Picnic at Hanging Rock and Mad Max, the global success of Crocodile Dundee and Shine, the flamboyance of Strictly Ballroom and the raw authenticity of Samson and Delilah.

The series takes us on a thrilling journey across Australian cinema's most moving moments and unforgettable scenes and into the heart of the stories portrayed on the big screen that helped shape a nation鈥檚 idea of itself.

59 minutes

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Mon 11 Apr 2022 01:15
主播大秀 Four

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:05

    John Paul Young

    Standing In The Rain (Scott's Sinful Solo (Medley))

  • 00:06

    David Hirschfelder

    La Cumparsita/Tango Please (Medley) (Album Version)

  • 00:07

    John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air (Ballroom Mix)

  • 00:33

    Charley Pride

    A Sunshiny Day

  • 00:53

    Hirschfeld, David

    The Polonaise

  • 00:54

    David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards

    Hirschfelder: Did He Win?

  • 00:55

    David Helfgott

    Flight Of The Bumble Bee

  • 00:56

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630

  • 00:57

    Ricky Edwards

    Goodnight Daddy

Credits

Presenter David Stratton
Director Sally Aitken

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