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The films Rabbit on the Moon and Head On challenge the mainstream ideologies of Australian national identity. ... Rabbit on the Moon shows the experience of being a suburban female child with Italo-Australian upbringing, living in the assimilation era of Australia in the 1950’s. Head On shows the plight of Ari, a young adult who has mixed feelings about his family, his culture, and his future; he is not quite sure how to express this conflict. ... Head On and Rabbit on the Moon do not present the land as a feature in the film. Head On is set in inner city Melbourne, and Rabbit on the Moon is set in suburbia – they have no opportunity or inclination to visit ‘the bush’. ... (O’Regan, 331)
Rabbit on the Moon presents a young girl who is proud of her heritage, but is conflicted about her bicultural role in society. Head On portrays Ari, torn between his family, culture, and identity. ... However, Rabbit on the Moon and Head On upset this notion. ... Coming home to the comfort of her family, the sight of her beloved pet rabbit, Zoë, lying on the family dinner table, is too much. ...
In Head On, Ari defies all notions of identity in his quest to find himself. ...
Rabbit on the Moon deconstructs myths of unity by ridding us of our notions of a fixed identity. ...
‘Head On’ shows that the reality of the multicultural society has not lived up to the ideology that was promised. ... Most of all, multiculturalism requires us to recognise that we each can be a ‘real Australian’, without necessarily being ‘a typical Australian’ (Bennet,154)
Head On shows that the ideology of official multiculturalism is not necessarily working in the real world. ... At one point in Head On, an old Greek man speaks of the immigration policy: “but they’re not like us. ...
Head On introduces sexual orientation as an important determining factor in the structuring of one’s identity. ...
The films Rabbit on the Moon and Head On challenge the mainstream ideology of Australian national identity by presenting a portrayal of ethnicity that portray the reality of multicultural society.
Approximate Word count = 2000
Approximate Pages = 8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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