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All That Is Solid
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All That Is Solid

“The present is characterized by the absence of shared visions of the future. While circulation of commodities and technology appear to command universal claims to meaning and dominance, fragmentation, diversity and difference occupy the foreground.”

198854m
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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…

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Margaret CameronPaul DaviesPaul DaviesNico Lathouris

Details

Director
John Hughes
Writer
Paul Davies, John Hughes
Released
1988-04-30
Country
Australia

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