NFSA's Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection: 'The Picture Show Man'

Adrian Danks' insightful essay reappraises The Picture Show Man on grounds both textual and contextual, pointing out the ways in which the film offers a perceptive and sympathetic account of the early days of cinematic exhibition in Australia, as well as the role of women filmmakers in the renascent national cinema of the 1970s.

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John Power, John Meillon, Rod Taylor, adaptation, Sue Milliken, 1920s, screen industry.