Australian Identity Film Analysis
In this report we will examine a couple of Australian movies which offer representations of Australian masculinities and discuss how men are represented and the relationship between this and questions of Australian identity. These movies are namely Crocodile Dundee (character Mick Dundee) and The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.
One point becomes evident that that the characters type symbolized in Australian movies is predominantly male centered. Australian films are inclined to show a gender intolerance towards masculinity which they consider as a representative to the culture of Australian type. All through the 20th century the image of a typical Australian as a tall, rugged man made it hard for other people to perceive about them in a different way.
According to 1 Christine Boman in his article masculinities and sexual violence in contemporary Australian drama and …show more content…
If we observe Australians in everyday life, they are people with fierce determination and never stoop down without giving a fight. Just like Mick Dundee has been illustrated as the man who thinks in his way of leading a life filled of adventures and hazards.
With respect to the national identity of the films one question that continuously comes up is whether or not films should be indigenously Australian, what I think is that the film industry is native to the globe just like the character of Mick Dundee as the film played up the worldwide essentials of its story and central character yet it does not hide its Australian taste which made a for a good selling point.
In Crocodile Dundee, the hero Mick Dundee has become a tour guide, explicating both the bush and Aboriginal identity. In this film, the hero in fact goes to America, where he remains at once fiercely Australian and substantially flexible and resourceful to get what he
One point becomes evident that that the characters type symbolized in Australian movies is predominantly male centered. Australian films are inclined to show a gender intolerance towards masculinity which they consider as a representative to the culture of Australian type. All through the 20th century the image of a typical Australian as a tall, rugged man made it hard for other people to perceive about them in a different way.
According to 1 Christine Boman in his article masculinities and sexual violence in contemporary Australian drama and …show more content…
If we observe Australians in everyday life, they are people with fierce determination and never stoop down without giving a fight. Just like Mick Dundee has been illustrated as the man who thinks in his way of leading a life filled of adventures and hazards.
With respect to the national identity of the films one question that continuously comes up is whether or not films should be indigenously Australian, what I think is that the film industry is native to the globe just like the character of Mick Dundee as the film played up the worldwide essentials of its story and central character yet it does not hide its Australian taste which made a for a good selling point.
In Crocodile Dundee, the hero Mick Dundee has become a tour guide, explicating both the bush and Aboriginal identity. In this film, the hero in fact goes to America, where he remains at once fiercely Australian and substantially flexible and resourceful to get what he