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form y separately published work icon Ned Kelly single work   film/TV   historical fiction   crime  
Adaptation of Our Sunshine Robert Drewe , 1991 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Ned Kelly
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Based on Robert Drewe's novel Our Sunshine, the film follows Kelly from his arrest for horse theft in 1871 to his execution at Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880.

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At Nature's Mercy : The Contemporary Australian Western Brian McFarlane , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Screen Education , no. 96 2020; (p. 46-55)

'A genre mostly associated with quintessentially American landscapes and cultural tropes, the western has developed its own fascinating tradition in Australia - most notably, since the turn of the twenty-first century. Brian McFarlane surveys a range of films from the last two decades, dealing with subjects such as bushrangers, abuse and colonial dispossession, and finds both echoes of US antecedents and new visions that blaze their own distinctive trails.'

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The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium Erin Free , Dov Kornits , Travis Johnson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016;
y separately published work icon The Ned Kelly Films : A Cultural History of Kelly History Stephen Gaunson , Bristol Chicago : Intellect , 2013 7520597 2013 multi chapter work criticism

'One of Australia’s most notorious outlaws, Ned Kelly lived on the land from the time of his first arrest at age 14, until police captured him and his Kelly gang a decade later in 1880. Immortalized in a series of onscreen productions, he has since become one of the most resilient screen presences in the history of Australian cinema.

'Covering the nine feature films, three miniseries, and two TV movies that have been made about this controversial character, Stephen Gaunson illuminates a central irony: from novels to comics to the branding of the site where he was captured, most cultural representations of Kelly are decidedly lowbrow. But only the films have been condemned for not offering a more serious interpretation of this figure and his historical context. Asking what value we can place on such ‘bad’ historical cinema, Gaunson offers new insights about the textual characteristics of cinematic material and the conditions of film distribution, circulation, and reception.' (Publication summary)

Gregor Jordan 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , December no. 69 2013;
This essay provides a detailed analysis of Gregor Jordan's film-making career.
The Kelly Trail 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 - 9 September 2012; (p. 4)
Film of the Week Tom Ryan , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 23 March 2003; (p. 8)

— Review of Ned Kelly John Michael McDonagh , 2003 single work film/TV
A Bankable Kelly Michael Hutak , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 April vol. 121 no. 6366 2003; (p. 77)

— Review of Ned Kelly John Michael McDonagh , 2003 single work film/TV
Cinema Richard Kuipers , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 26 March - 1 April no. 436 2003; (p. 29)

— Review of Ned Kelly John Michael McDonagh , 2003 single work film/TV
Untitled Jonathan Dawson , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 41 2002; (p. 138-142)

— Review of Ned Kelly John Michael McDonagh , 2003 single work film/TV ; Blue Murder Ian David , 1995 series - publisher film/TV
Behind the Mask Lynden Barber , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 March 2003; (p. 4-6)
Traces the history of representations of Ned Kelly in various media, giving prominence to film adaptations of the bushranger's life. Also discusses the growth and place of Kelly mythology in Australian culture.
Hunting Ned Sandra McLean , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 March 2003; (p. 5)
Bushranger in Search of Romance Michaela Boland , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 March 2003; (p. 5)
Ned's Full Metal Jacket Fits Heath Garry Maddox , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 June 2002;
Ned's Movie Myth Mark Juddery , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 23 March 2003; (p. 4-5)
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