All That Is Solid

All That Is Solid

54 mins | Documentary | April 30, 1988

Partly funded as a Bicentennial commission through the University of Queensland Art Museum and the ABC, Hughes’ speculative, essayistic documentary is an examination of the future of Australia in light of the processes of post-industrialisation, Walter Benjamin’s ruinous “angel of history” and Marx’s quixotic vision of modernity.

All That Is Solid

54 mins | Documentary | April 30, 1988

All That Is Solid
Partly funded as a Bicentennial commission through the University of Queensland Art Museum and the ABC, Hughes’ speculative, essayistic documentary is an examination of the future of Australia in light of the processes of post-industrialisation, Walter Benjamin’s ruinous “angel of history” and Marx’s quixotic vision of modernity.
Producers Australian Film Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original title All That Is Solid
Directors John Hughes
Writers John Hughes, Paul Davies

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