All That Is Solid

Name: All That Is Solid
Director: John Hughes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1988-04-30
Duration: 54 min
Cast: Margaret Cameron, Paul Davies, Nicos Lathouris

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.

Documentary

April 30, 19880h 54m

Overview

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.

Director

John Hughes

Production

Australian Film CommissionAustralian Broadcasting Corporation

Cast

Margaret Cameron

Paul Davies

Nicos Lathouris