The Magic Arts
1978, English. Directed by Bruce Petty.
A visual onslaught of artistic ideas, showing how art relates to and intertwines with our daily lives. Art, personified here as an opera-singing Valkyrie, hang-glides down from the clouds to check on the state of the arts in Australia - from painting, writing and music to dance, theatre, puppetry and sculpture. Featuring John Bell, Anna Volska, Reg Livermore, Rory O'Donohue, David Gulpilil and the work of Thomas Keneally and Patrick White among others, this is a phantasmagoria of filmic effects.
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- 0h 19m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 1 January 1978
- Country
- Australia
- Written by
- Bruce Petty
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The Magic Arts isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Magic Arts?
The Magic Arts (1978) was directed by Bruce Petty.