ISBN-13: 9781841504773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 202 str.
Peter Weir has been directing Hollywood films since his successful US debut, "Witness, "in 1985." "But does this make him a Hollywood director? Or should he still be considered an Australian filmmaker as many scholars argue? ""For the first time, Weir s entire three-decade creative journey from Australia to Hollywood is considered in light of the recent theories on transnational cinema and through a close examination of four key films: "Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness, " and "The Truman Show" The films analyses integrate original interviews with Weir and his closest collaborators, including Russell Boyd. The book concludes that Weir is both an Australian and a Hollywood filmmaker and would be better seen as a transnational filmmaker whose success in the United States reflects the fact that he was already a Hollywood director by the time he relocated."