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.”
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.
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John Hughes Director · Paul Davies Writer Jaems Grant Cinematographer
First release April 30, 1988 · Produced in Australia · Production Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC TV
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Australian Film Commission
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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ABC TV
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Australia
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English
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Australia · April 30, 1988
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