The Legend Of Ben Hall (2017)
During this season of his life, Hall strives to make peace with the family that he left behind for his life on the range. In a story that mixes memories of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Man from Snowy River and Ned Kelly, Holmes shows the less than glamorous lifestyle of the outlaw, the tragic end of this mythical figure and why he became an Australian legend.
The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)
Even with the uncanny physical similarities to the the renegade, Jack Martin does prove his casting was more than aesthetic. He portrays the legendary figure in a quiet, brooding manner and seems to capture the essence of the tormented gang leader. The Home & Away graduate is surrounded by an admirable cast of characters who draw from the talent pool of other Australian productions.
One of the most powerful avenues for this legend's cultural dissemination is the visual representation of bushrangers in popular entertainments. Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty- first, the cinema has been the most significant site for this cultural phenomenon. However, before cinema technologies provided the opportunity for mass popular entertainment, colonial theatre conventions established ideological and representational traditions associated with bushrangers that Australian films would also exhibit due to various industrial continuities between the stage and screen in Australia. Furthermore, both mediums shared an interest in visual and performative elements and entertained comparable popular audiences. These mediums were forced to respond to other influences on the bushranger legend, including historical developments and literature. Theatre and cinema therefore participated in a feedback loop in which they simultaneously reflected on and participated in the formulation of the bushranger legend.
This study is concerned with the history of this feedback loop in cinema and colonial theatre. It not only questions how these texts participated in the construction of national character via their representation of the bushranger legend but also how they responded to other influences, whether textual or extratextual. It establishes a comprehensive picture of the multifaceted approaches to and versions of the legend that emerged at different times, identifying industrial, political, social and historical continuities between them. 041b061a72