All That Is Solid
The present is characterized by the absence of shared visions of the future. While circulation of commodities and technology appear to command universal claims to meaning and dominance, fragmentation, diversity and difference occupy the foreground.
1988-04-30
Australia
54 minutes.
Overview
Partly funded as a Bicentennial commission through the University of Queensland Art Museum and the ABC, Hughes’ speculative, essayistic documentary is an examination of the future of Australia in light of the processes of post-industrialisation, Walter Benjamin’s ruinous “angel of history” and Marx’s quixotic vision of modernity.
Year 1988
Director John Hughes
Crew Jill Holt (Editor), Jaems Grant (Director of Photography), Eric Gradman (Music), Zbigniew Friedrich (Editor), Lloyd Carrick (Sound), John Hughes (Director)
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