All That Is Solid
"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."
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.
| Release Date | April 30, 1988 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | All That Is Solid | |
| Runtime | 54min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | — | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | Australia | |
| Production Companies | Australian Film CommissionAustralian Broadcasting Corporation | |