Australian
Screen

an NFSA website

The Long Yard (2000)

play
Email a link to this page
To:
CC:
Subject:
Body:
clip
  • 1
The long yard

This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

The Long Yard can be viewed here in its entirety. Through a series of flashback sequences, a hospitalised man recalls two vehicular accidents that he has been involved in.

Curator’s notes

by Dr Marian Quigley

The film uses traditional 2D hand-drawn animation techniques comprising mainly monochromatic tones and black-and-white line drawings. The animation creates a seamless metamorphosis of imagery and place: for example, the sealed highway is transposed into a dirt road in Korea, and the red eyes of the bullock on the highway become the red lights of medical equipment in the hospital.

In a contrasting sequence, the rapid montage of a soldier’s photographs suggests flashes of Bob Parker’s war memories. Meanwhile, past and present merge through the superimposition of the man’s hand inserting a cassette into the car’s tape deck over the image of a telegram informing his parents that he is missing in action in Korea. The repeated voice-over of the hospital doctor grounds the film in the present.

Thanks to the generosity of the rights holders, we are able to offer The long yard from the short film The Long Yard as a high quality video download.

To play the downloadable video, you need QuickTime 7.0, VLC, or similar.

You must read and agree to the following terms and conditions before downloading the clip:

australianscreen is produced by the National Film and Sound Archive. By using the website you agree to comply with the terms and conditions described elsewhere on this site. The NFSA may amend the 'Conditions of Use’ from time to time without notice.

All materials on the site, including but not limited to text, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, illustrations and still images, are protected by the Copyright Laws of Australia and international conventions.

When you access australianscreen you agree that:

  • You may retrieve materials for information only.
  • You may download materials for your personal use or for non-commercial educational purposes, but you must not publish them elsewhere or redistribute clips in any way.
  • You may embed the clip for non-commercial educational purposes including for use on a school intranet site or a school resource catalogue.
  • The National Film and Sound Archive’s permission must be sought to amend any information in the materials, unless otherwise stated in notices throughout the Site.

All other rights reserved.

ANY UNAUTHORISED USE OF MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY RESULT IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

This clip is available in the following configurations:

File nameSizeQualitySuitability
longyard1_pr.mp4 Large: 29.5MB High Optimised for full-screen display on a fast computer.
longyard1_bb.mp4 Medium: 13.9MB Medium Can be displayed full screen. Also suitable for video iPods.

Right-click on the links above to download video files to your computer.

Thanks to the generosity of the rights holders, we are able to offer this clip in an embeddable format for personal or non-commercial educational use in full form on your own website or your own blog.

You must read and agree to the following terms and conditions before embedding the clip:

australianscreen is produced by the National Film and Sound Archive. By using the website you agree to comply with the terms and conditions described elsewhere on this site. The NFSA may amend the 'Conditions of Use’ from time to time without notice.

All materials on the site, including but not limited to text, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, illustrations and still images, are protected by the Copyright Laws of Australia and international conventions.

When you access australianscreen you agree that:

  • You may retrieve materials for information only.
  • You may download materials for your personal use or for non-commercial educational purposes, but you must not publish them elsewhere or redistribute clips in any way.
  • You may embed the clip for non-commercial educational purposes including for use on a school intranet site or a school resource catalogue.
  • The National Film and Sound Archive’s permission must be sought to amend any information in the materials, unless otherwise stated in notices throughout the Site.

All other rights reserved.

ANY UNAUTHORISED USE OF MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY RESULT IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

Copy and paste the following code into your own web page to embed this clip: