Adrian Martin
Adrian Martin is an internationally renowned film critic. He is the film reviewer for the Age and author of many film books including the highly regarded Once Upon a Time in America published by the BFI. He won the Australian Film Institute Byron Kennedy Award in 1993, and the Pascall Prize for Critical Writing in 1997.
Adrian is currently writing books on Terrence Malick and Brian De Palma, and will soon launch his own website archive of writings on film since 1979. He lives in Melbourne.
Books by Adrian Martin
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Phantasms
From Benny Hill to Martin Scorcese, reality TV to the political correctness debate, PHANTASMS is a fascinating exploration of popular culture in the early 1990’s: its trends, buzzwords, blockbusters and oddities.
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Once Upon a Time in America: BFI Modern Classics Series
Sergio Leone, maestro of the 'spaghetti western', spent some sixteen years of his life developing what was to be his final work - the gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America (1983). As well as detailing the film's genesis, its production history, and its different versions, this study considers Once Upon a Time in America within the context of Leone's evolution as a grand cinema stylist.
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The Mad Max Movies
Martin compares the three Mad Max movies - Mad Max, Mad Max 2 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - sharing his views on which works best and why. In a chapter dedicated to each film, he looks at their critical reception and their themes, examines Miller’s shooting techniques and provides a shot-by-shot analysis of integral scenes.
Australian Screen Classics Series
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Movie Mutations: the Changing Face of World Cinephilia
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, formula-driven Hollywood blockbusters seem to dominate the film world. In times like these can "the love of cinema" still flourish? This book shows that contemporary cinema - from Tawian and Iran to Brazil and the Baltic states - is, in fact, stunningly varied and rich.
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