

The 1919–20 season promised Australasian audiences something unheard of: a home-grown feature that could belly-laugh and bruise the heart in equal measure. When On Our Selection premiered at Sydney’s Crystal Palace, the program notes bragged of “real bush soil scraped across the lens.” Hyperbole, yes—but the surviving...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Raymond Longford

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" The 1919–20 season promised Australasian audiences something unheard of: a home-grown feature that could belly-laugh and bruise the heart in equal measure. When On Our Selection premiered at Sydney’s Crystal Palace, the program notes bragged of “real bush soil scraped across the lens.” Hyperbole, yes—but the surviving 35 mm fragments still smell of eucalyptus, thanks to a cinematographer who scattered gum leaves inside the matte-box for aromatic authenticity. Longford’s opening tableau—a wagon..."
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