Essay On Gallipoli And Beneath Hill 60

The Anzac Stories, a film festival designed to celebrate and commemorate the true place of Australian Servicemen and Servicewomen in Australia’s great History. The humble approach to this film festival is to appreciate the contribution that has been made by this victorious young war veterans to our nationhood by acknowledging and honouring them by viewing their great memories. Every Australian has been affected by war in this great century. their service to the nation will help the next generations to come be aware of and understand what these Australian servicemen and servicewomen have done to their great nation and help them to appreciate the hard earned victory which made by them by creating the society much safer and bright to live and

enjoy the freedom.
Each genre of these films has much larger very specific conventions attached, which is recognisable and unique to each film including narrative structure , content , settings, themes , period and very importantly the characterisation which creates expectations to the audience.

The following response proves the Australian films that fall under the genre of ‘war’. These war films fulfil the expectations of an ideal war film through the genre’s identifiable strong narrative structure and how each film represents being Australian and promotes the good qualities that define an Australian national identity through different characterisations.

Gallipoli and Beneath Hill 60 are one of the Australia’s more significant war films that make up only a handful of great Australian war films ever made to screen. Which is a surprising fact when considering Australia’s rich history with military engagements, crucial and legendary battles with favourite wartime characters like Archy Hamilton (Gallipoli) and Oliver Woodward (Beneath Hill 60). Which the films are dramatizations of real war situations and incidents of Australian participation in each of the world

wars.
Australian war films are indeed concerned with warfare, are usually about naval, air or land battles, and often can be fiction which is based on true events. The collection of the films above identify as war films and well-defined subgenres of the action adventure genre.
Gallipoli, directed by peter weir, centres around two young Australian men, Archy and Frank the film adapts the story of their journey to manhood , with their embark on to the battle of Gallipoli which showcase nationalism the concept of nationalism in Australia is fairly unique.

Gallipoli, a foundation of great historical event covered with Australian culture where it implements Australian mythology to a very important national event.
Included in the films above is a recent release of another film which directed by Russell Crowe himself “The Water Diviner” would be an interesting watch in the film festival.

The film plot is very novel and interesting which the film focus on aftermath of the Gallipoli Anzac war which tells the story of a father’s determination track down each one of his presumably deceased three sons who served in the Gallipoli as Australian soldiers in the war. In order to bury all of them at home which is a unique plot. The film came as an essential mix of tactical Hollywood elements and an accurate respectable portrayal of both the Turkish army and culture. Audience would find this newly released film as a blast from the past as its touchdown as more of an experimental film between sides of war stories and leaves the viewer to observe the characters carefully. It’s an important element that combines some powerful Hollywood emotional scenes that make up for a very enjoyable and extraordinary viewing experience. However some scenes in the film the Australian soldiers express regret in relation to the Gallipoli war, the film cast some interesting mysteries to the viewer as to think why the soldiers were in the Gallipoli? And what they achieved? The whole aim on what is to achieve? Which is very interesting as to analyse all these films the question “what have we achieved “in the war? Was it just the deaths’ of countless Australian’s, Vietnamese, Japanese, Turkish soldiers? Film is a medium

of communication and to this film the director communicates to the audience through film which in the name of “Gallipoli” he introduces Gallipoli as a futile war. Which in the sense of arguing how thousands of lives were lost and families destroyed all in the name of nothing but war between two nations. An intriguing and tactical fact in the film was to see how Australian soldiers had strong and close friendship between the Turkish and Australian soldiers after the war. However it is a great example of humanity and genuineness of all soldiers who fought in the war.
The rest of the films differ in context and situation, they are films that do focus and centre on Australians at war with a specific focus on the physical and mental impact of war. Due to this concept all the films present a strong human resonance. Soldiers have been removed from combat in a sense through dialogue, different scenarios of visual flash backs of home life which would allow the audience to get to know the soldiers as fellow human beings. With these films every soldier acts out as someone’s husband, father, brother or son. As a collective audience we see ideal “Australian” themes and qualities embodied by characters emerge under fire and in dire condition through this focus on humanisation.

These films are consist of themes that are common to Australians and Australian films which include mateship , endurance, sacrifice , courage , camaraderie , the underdog and a healthy anti authoritarianism. These are few good qualities that are common to the Anzac Myth which have come to define an Australian national identity. In this sense each and every film in our festival promote and celebrate Australianness through their heroic characters.