Our final edition of Rewatching Classic Australian Films takes us back to where feature-length dramas began: an hour-long,silent, outlaw epic shot in 1906Repressive government policy – or simply no policies at all – can occupy a pernicious effect on film industries, and particularly in countries like Australia,where the majority of productions are taxpayer subsidised. Until the 1970s, draconian censorship laws enforced by a one-armed chief censor (no, or really) effectively prohibited depictions of nudity and sex. Both were no-fly zones for Australian film-makers.
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Source: theguardian.com