AUSTRALIAN FILM: GALLIPOLI
FILM TECHNIQUES
a. Explain how each of these techniques are important in the film: - stop watch music -whistle
b. When the soldiers are in Gallipoli and the bombs explode in the sky, what effect is
taking place?
c. At times in the film silence is used. What effect does this have and when?
d. How many races are there in this film? What tells the viewer that a race has
begun?
WHAT IS GALLIPOLI ABOUT?
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Gallipoli, as the title suggests, is a portrayal of the historical event in which
thousands of Australian soldiers went off to fight for their country.
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Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson
and Mark Lee, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist
in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to Turkey, where
they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the course of the movie, the
young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of
the movie occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli and depicts the futile attack
at the Battle of the Nek on 7 August 1915.
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Directed by Peter Weir
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Released in 1981
THEMES OF GALLIPOLI
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Nationalism
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Mateship
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Australian culture- larrikins
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Loss of innocence (Youth and Australia)
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Coming of Age