Third Take: Australian Film-makers Talk

About the editors......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Foreword......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Them are fightin' words......Page 15
Part I: Cut! How was it for you?......Page 23
Selling nuts and bolts: an interview with Don McAlpine......Page 25
I'm not an artist; I'm a technician......Page 48
Part II: Taking it to the mountain......Page 59
The director's voice 1......Page 61
The director's voice 2......Page 70
Part III: Pass on the hatchet......Page 79
Chopper......Page 81
Part IV: Newsfront recollected......Page 93
Newsfront recollected: an introduction......Page 95
The director......Page 103
The scriptwriter: an interview with Bob Ellis......Page 124
The producer......Page 144
The cinematographer......Page 152
The actor: an interview with Bill Hunter......Page 158
The inspiration......Page 178
Part V: In the margins: documentary......Page 183
The painter, the president and the piano player......Page 185
On the poetry of madness: an encounter with Dennis O'Rourke......Page 194
Notes......Page 211
Contributors......Page 219
Index......Page 223