Peter Weir is one of the most prominent Australian film directors. Born outside Sydney, Weir belonged to the 'Australian New Wave,' composed of directors who chose to work within their often artistically and culturally marginalized continent [1].
Nagisa Oshima's career extends from the initiation of the "Nuberu bagu" (New Wave) movement in Japanese cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s, to the contemporary use of cinema and television to express paradoxes in modern society. After an early involvement with the student protest movement in Ky