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Australian Film Industry "Stuffed" When the president of the Screen Producers Association, Stephen Smith, declared recently that the Australian Film Industry was "stuffed", people all over Australia sat up and took notice (www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/13/1092340455401.html?oneclick=true#). However, this was not the first time that such comments had been made about the Australian Film Industry. In 1940, Blah Murray claimed that "For 30 years, Australian film making has been as stuffed as Phar Lap," (Murray, 1981, p.7). The Australian Film Industry has always been somewhat of a rollercoaster, moving in waves through the good years and the not so good years. Unfortunately of recent times there seems to have been more of the latter. "The history of Australian films since 1930 has been, to say the least, erratic," (Brand, 1985, p.1). Early film set the precedent of waves that is seen in the industry today. In the 1930's, the Australian Film Industry was "in reasonably...

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