Second Take: Australian Film-Makers Talk

'An essential and long overdue companion for anyone interested in Australian cinema. In years to come Second Take will be valuable documentation of one of the most exciting periods in world cinema. I wish someone had done a book like this when I was first starting out as a film-maker.' Bill Bennett 'Film-making is like building a mosaic. The thoughts behind how those myriad of pieces are put together---the choices, accidents and inspirations-can often be as absorbing as the finished film.' Gillian Armstrong Australian cinema has been in resurgence over the past two decades, hitting the front pages and winning awards worldwide. Not surprisingly, there has been a substantial amount of writing about this increase in the popularity of Australian film, and about the development of an Australian aesthetic. However, there have been no forums for informed alternative voices, especially those which sustain the film industry's existence---the 'voice' of the film-maker. Second Take gives the film-makers a voice, and allows them to engage with the issues and concerns usually raised by journalists and critics. Including contributions about the many and varied processes of making both feature films and documentaries, Second Take encourages experimental and creative forms of writing from established film-makers---writing that dares to be unguarded, eclectic, heartfelt, and as imaginative as it is knowledgeable. Contributors include Gillian Armstrong, Bill Bennett, Bruce Beresford, Jane Campion, Richard Combs, John Duigan, Richard Franklin, Scott Hicks, Philip Kemp, Richard Lowenstein, George Miller, Chris Noonan, Mike Rubbo, Martin Scorsese and Tom Zubrycki.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Foreword List of Illustrations What Do Film-makers Dream About? by Geoff Burton and Raffaele Caputo PART I TABLE TALK The Ever-present Serpent by John Duigan Two Out of Three The Year My Voice Broke Trilogy: Interview with John Duigan by Raffaele Caputo The Apocalypse and the Pig, or the Hazards of Storytelling by George Miller PART II JANE CAMPION AND POSITIF Two Interviews with Jane Campion by Michel Ciment Red Wigs and Autobiography: Interview with Jane Campion by Michel Ciment Jane Campion: More 'Barbarian' than Aesthete! By Thomas Bourguigon and Michel Ciment A Voyage of Self-discovery: Interview with Jane Campion by Michel Ciment PART III WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? How I failed to Make a Green-lit Movie by Bruce Beresford Little Women: Little by Little by Gillian Armstrong Pistols at Dawn: The 'Art' of Film vs the 'Science' of Previewing by Ric

About the Author :
Raphaele Caputo was born in 1960 in Melbourne. He studied cinema at La Trobe University, Bundoora. He has been a writer on film for over 15 years, contributing to various journals and newspapers, which have included Cinema Papers, Filmnews, Scripsi, Metro Magazine, Filmviews, The Sunday Herald, The Age, Australian MultiMedia and Business Review Weekly. He has worked in other various film-related capacities, including lecturing in film studies at Monash University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and La Trobe University. He has been an assistant editor of Cinema Papers, as well as assistant editor, contributor and researcher for two books edited by Scott Murray, Australian Film: 1978 - 1992 (Oxford University Press, 1993) and Australian Cinema (Allen + Unwin, 1994). At present he is Associate Editor of Metro (a publication of film, video, television and multi-media) and Assistant Editor of Metro Education. Geoff Burton has been working continuously in the film industry fo