Word: australian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wanted to be a painter," recalls Senior Writer Robert I Hughes, "and my parents wanted me to be a lawyer, so we compromised on an occupation that supposedly combines professionalism with creativity-that of architect." An Australian, Hughes enrolled in the University of Sydney and, as he tells it, received training that "was totally useless for someone who really wanted to be a local parody of Willem de Kooning." Quitting the five-year program after four years, Hughes still retained a deep interest in the art he discusses in this week's cover story on American architecture...
...wistfully hope the University could, following on the example of the Australian government, politely tell Nixon to take his traveling comeback show elsewhere. Of course, they cannot and should not have any control over speakers invited here by undergraduate organizations. While we defend the Republican Club's right to invite Nixon, we consider such action opportunistic on their part...
November's "Campus Paperback Bestsellers," compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education from information supplied by college stores throughout the country, lists "The Thorn Birds," the story of an Australian family by Colleen McCullough, "My Mother, Myself," and "The Women's Room" as top sellers...
...Australian films will fare in the world market is a question. The country's wild coasts and mysterious outback provide smashing settings for directors to play with, and there is an exotic quality to Australian history that makes fascinating story material. But there is an undeniable air of provincialism about many Australian films and a choice of theme often too earnestly high-minded...
...quite a different plane is Last Wave Director Peter Weir's earlier Picnic at Hanging Rock. Though not scheduled for the New York festival, it is a haunting re-creation of a true incident in 19th century Australian history, in which some schoolgirls disappear from an outback outing, never to be seen again, and with no satisfactory explanation for their disappearance ever discovered. Weir creates an oppressive atmosphere, a compound of heat, isolation and sexual innuendo that is quite singular. His skill at wringing terror out of emptiness and silence, his sense of the fragility and smallness of Europeans cast...