Australia's Best: Music & Images of Australians in the 80's

A music video documentary showcasing the best of Australia’s popular music in the eighties. Features the music of Split Enz, Australian Crawl, INXS, No Fixed Address, Cold Chisel and Icehouse. Includes interviews with celebrities such as Michael Hutchence, Neil and Tim Finn, James Reyne and Grace Knight.

Where to watch/play

Available to watch on ACMI premises over WiFi for purposes of research and study

Credits

production company

New South Wales Film Corporation

South Pacific Films

producer

Pom Oliver

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325195

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Music videos

Music & Performing Arts → Popular music

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music - History and criticism

Music & Performing Arts → Rock musicians

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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Australia, 1983