By Jock Given, Rosemary Curtis, Marion McCutcheon | Swinburne Institute for Social Research (SISR)
This paper argues that cinema's place in the media and entertainment economy is again being challenged.
Around three decades ago, multi-screen complexes began to transform the business and culture of cinema in Australia. New screens built in new locations and environments encouraged different patterns of distribution and eventually production. Audiences responded and theatrical exhibition revived but as part of a more diverse exhibition landscape where home video and later subscription TV and DVD generated more of the money that flowed back to distributors and filmmakers.
Cinema in Australia: an industry profile [PDF 1,324.02 KB]
Source: Swinburne Institute for Social Research (SISR)
June 2013