Moviegoers from 1950s Australia may recall the moment when an azure sky and red arkoses in the wild Northern Territory appeared on screen for the first time in colour. Australian producer/director Charles Chauvel.s 1955 film Jedda was not only the first colour feature in Australia, but the first to cast Indigenous Australians in leading roles.
Five decades later, Chauvel's only daughter, Susanne Chauvel Carlsson, revisited the locations where his films were made as part of a project to preserve her father.s legacy.
.He wanted to show Australia to the world,. Carlsson says. .He loved the country and the whole background. At that time the audiences in cinema enjoyed seeing something different and the Australian landscape provided a seemingly exotic background. My father believed that the only way to attract the overseas audiences was to make it Australian..
.He was also one of the few at that time who...
Five decades later, Chauvel's only daughter, Susanne Chauvel Carlsson, revisited the locations where his films were made as part of a project to preserve her father.s legacy.
.He wanted to show Australia to the world,. Carlsson says. .He loved the country and the whole background. At that time the audiences in cinema enjoyed seeing something different and the Australian landscape provided a seemingly exotic background. My father believed that the only way to attract the overseas audiences was to make it Australian..
.He was also one of the few at that time who...
- 10/22/2012
- by Yuan Liu
- IF.com.au
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