Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public.... (Full plot summary below)
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Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public.
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| Film Comment MagazineElliott SteinIt is fascinating material, reasonably exotic. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe way the newsreels are woven into the fictionalized story is seamless. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNewsfront is, in any case, a pleasant and nostalgic movie, told in a key a little too low to constantly involve us. |
| User ReviewTimothy AA quiet epic on both the making of a nation, and the craft of those who documented it. |
| User ReviewAllan CA very specific of topic for a film, covering the history of Australian newsreel cameramen and reporters from their inception through their eventual decline, largely due to the advent of television. Not at all being familiar with Australian newsreel history, I didn't have any kind of nostalgia for this topic, which the filmmakers clearly did, but the film is absolutely engrossing. Directed by the underrated Phillip Noyce before he hit it big with "Dead Calm" and then moving over to the US to direct Hollywood pictures, he seamlessly incorporates vintage newsreel footage with the fictional lives of the newsreel reporters, brilliantly editing together color and black & white footage of the reporters' lives. The film is an absolute love letter to this period, and although I have not experience with this particular bit of OZ history, it was fascinating none-the-less. |
| User ReviewMike VPhilip Noyce made his feature film debut with this true story of an Australian newsreel company. |
| User ReviewDenis KWendy Hughes had a great little 5 ep stint in Homicide LOTS, which she was great in, and she in just as good here. |
| User ReviewJohn SWell-made film that is no doubt more rewarding for Australians and those in the business, as it comments on history and how it impacts those mediating its construction. For a change, this is done without po-mo pretense, uncritical nostalgia or obvious self-reflexivity. Keep an eye out for Bruce Spence's hilarious cameo, which may have been an homage to The Cars That Ate Paris but is even funnier now after his subsequent autodueling flicks. |
| User ReviewMax MEnjoyable nostalgia piece set in Australia between the years 1948 to 1956, about newsreel cameramen juggling their professional and family lives and dealing with the impending rise of television. Rather than getting too over-celebratory about a bygone medium, the film eschews a traditional narrative and just strings together a series of vignettes based around several major news events that occurred in Australia in the late 40's and early 50's. Some moments work while some drag a bit, but an overall entertaining picture. |
| User ReviewLee M"Newsfront" is a pleasant and nostalgic movie, told in a key a little too low to constantly involve us |
