person or book cover
Screen cap from promotional trailer
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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Young Einstein
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Albert Einstein, the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, accidentally splits the atom (with a chisel) while trying to find a way to put bubbles back into beer. Travelling to Sydney to patent his new theory of relativity, Einstein romances Marie Curie and incidentally invents both rock and roll and surfing.

Notes

  • The trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEL_BT_Z6Yg (Sighted: 8/6/2012).

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      :       Warner Brothers ,       1988 .
      person or book cover
      Screen cap from promotional trailer
      Extent: 91min.p.
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From Barry McKenzie to Priscilla : The Evolution of the Aussie Comedy Hero Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 August 2015;
Pursuing Extreme Romance : Change and Continuity in the Creative Screen Industries in the Hunter Valley Phillip McIntyre , Susan Kerrigan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 8 no. 2/3 2014; (p. 133-149) 'Innovation is at all times accompanied by tradition and creative action of all types takes place against a backdrop of continuity and change, as stated by Keith Negus and Michael Pickering in their 2004 book Creativity, Communication and Cultural Value. On page 91, they write: ‘It is only by thinking about their interrelationship that we can understand processes of creativity and cultural change.’ These assertions can be seen most readily in the creative screen industries that exist in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Whether we are talking about networked, broadcast, cinematic or virtual screen industries, it can be seen that the Hunter Valley, centered on the city of Newcastle, has participated, and continues to participate, in the multiplicity of production practices that typify this industry. From Yahoo Serious's Young Einstein to Jamie Lewis's Mikey's Extreme Romance, from NBN Television's Big Dog to the independent documentary The Face of Birth, from the Shoot Out competition to the Real Film Festival, from the contributions of Enigma to the Feel Inspired promotions of Out of the Square Media, the creative screen industries have been well represented in the Hunter Valley and are supported by the regional film agency Screen Hunter. These screen industries are like all creative industries in that many of the creatives who work in these sectors depend on patronage to do what they do (Dawson and Holmes 2012, 10). That may come in the form of direct payments for their skills or by being subsidized by other related work, for example in the advertising industry or being embedded within institutions that need those screen-based skills. There is an increasingly entrepreneurial bent among these creative screen workers. All of them are engaged in one way or another with the generation and exploitation of intellectual property, which comes with an increasing reliance on digital technologies. This paper intends to map the creative screen industries in the Hunter Valley, outline where they came from, and attempt to place them inside a fast-changing global context.' (Publication abstract)
Rumblings from Australia's Deep South : Tasmanian Gothic On-Screen Emily Bullock , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 6 April vol. 5 no. 1 2011; (p. 71-80) 'This article examines the current cinematic attention to Tasmania and its stories, with particular attention paid to the Gothic mode. 'Tasmanian Gothic' has become a by-word for the unsettling combination of Tasmania's colonial histories and its harsh landscapes in literature, but its cinematic counterpart has virtually been ignored. It is suggested that Tasmania is experiencing a renaissance on the big screen and it is the Gothic that appears to be the most dominant mode through which it is pictured. The article then charts a history of local Tasmanian Gothic cinematic production, a hybrid vision that tends towards a combination of stylistic, thematic, historical and geographic elements. Tasmanian Gothic cinema refers not simply to productions by Tasmanian film-makers, but to the broader on-screen representation of the island, its culture and histories by a range of local, interstate and international crews. As this article suggests, Gothic cinematic representations of Tasmania are yoked by a number of persistent concerns that act in dialogue with the unique cultural and geographic positioning of Australia's only island state.' (Author's abstract)
Rumblings from Australia's Deep South : Tasmanian Gothic On-Screen Emily Bullock , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 6 April vol. 5 no. 1 2011; (p. 71-80) 'This article examines the current cinematic attention to Tasmania and its stories, with particular attention paid to the Gothic mode. 'Tasmanian Gothic' has become a by-word for the unsettling combination of Tasmania's colonial histories and its harsh landscapes in literature, but its cinematic counterpart has virtually been ignored. It is suggested that Tasmania is experiencing a renaissance on the big screen and it is the Gothic that appears to be the most dominant mode through which it is pictured. The article then charts a history of local Tasmanian Gothic cinematic production, a hybrid vision that tends towards a combination of stylistic, thematic, historical and geographic elements. Tasmanian Gothic cinema refers not simply to productions by Tasmanian film-makers, but to the broader on-screen representation of the island, its culture and histories by a range of local, interstate and international crews. As this article suggests, Gothic cinematic representations of Tasmania are yoked by a number of persistent concerns that act in dialogue with the unique cultural and geographic positioning of Australia's only island state.' (Author's abstract)
Pursuing Extreme Romance : Change and Continuity in the Creative Screen Industries in the Hunter Valley Phillip McIntyre , Susan Kerrigan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 8 no. 2/3 2014; (p. 133-149) 'Innovation is at all times accompanied by tradition and creative action of all types takes place against a backdrop of continuity and change, as stated by Keith Negus and Michael Pickering in their 2004 book Creativity, Communication and Cultural Value. On page 91, they write: ‘It is only by thinking about their interrelationship that we can understand processes of creativity and cultural change.’ These assertions can be seen most readily in the creative screen industries that exist in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Whether we are talking about networked, broadcast, cinematic or virtual screen industries, it can be seen that the Hunter Valley, centered on the city of Newcastle, has participated, and continues to participate, in the multiplicity of production practices that typify this industry. From Yahoo Serious's Young Einstein to Jamie Lewis's Mikey's Extreme Romance, from NBN Television's Big Dog to the independent documentary The Face of Birth, from the Shoot Out competition to the Real Film Festival, from the contributions of Enigma to the Feel Inspired promotions of Out of the Square Media, the creative screen industries have been well represented in the Hunter Valley and are supported by the regional film agency Screen Hunter. These screen industries are like all creative industries in that many of the creatives who work in these sectors depend on patronage to do what they do (Dawson and Holmes 2012, 10). That may come in the form of direct payments for their skills or by being subsidized by other related work, for example in the advertising industry or being embedded within institutions that need those screen-based skills. There is an increasingly entrepreneurial bent among these creative screen workers. All of them are engaged in one way or another with the generation and exploitation of intellectual property, which comes with an increasing reliance on digital technologies. This paper intends to map the creative screen industries in the Hunter Valley, outline where they came from, and attempt to place them inside a fast-changing global context.' (Publication abstract)
From Barry McKenzie to Priscilla : The Evolution of the Aussie Comedy Hero Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 August 2015;
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