All That Is Solid (1988)

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Partly funded as a Bicentennial commission through the University of Queensland Art Museum and the ABC, Hughes’ speculative, essayistic documentary is an examination of the future of Australia in light of the processes of post-industrialisation, Walter Benjamin’s ruinous “angel of history” and Marx’s quixotic vision of modernity.

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Cast

Margaret Cameron

Paul Davies

Nicos Lathouris

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“The present is characterized by the absence of shared visions of the future. While circulation of commodities and technology appear to command universal claims to meaning and dominance, fragmentation, diversity and difference occupy the foreground.”

Status: Released
Release date: April 30, 1988
Director: John Hughes
Runtime: 54 min
Language: English