Snob's Guide to New Zealand ranks Utu second on its list of important New Zealand films, with Patu! third and the most important documentary.
Showing posts with label Film industry. Show all posts
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December 04, 2018
Film Industry: Geoff Murphy
New Zealand film director, Geoff Murphy has died. His most important movie Utu, was set during the frontier days of NZ. His wife, Merata Mita predeceased him, she made NZ's most important documentary, Patu! which was about the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand.
December 10, 2016
Note to Maori Filmmakers
Maori filmmakers are the best New Zealand has to offer I believe. I watched Mt Zion recently and it encapsulates 1979 quite well, with a few quibbles:
The cars. I realise they were probably scrounging round looking for cars to use, the main one being a Holden Kingswood ute; I also saw a 1950's Morris or Wolseley (hard to say), a Jaguar XJ6 and a Bedford van.
About this, thing is, for Maori potato contractors, I don't think the father would be driving such a car as a Holden Kingswood. He'd know anything Holden was unreliable (and a lurch to the left, not politically, they did lurch to the left literally). They were expensive for what you got for the money. More likely he'd be driving a MkIII Zephyr (Ford), or possibly a MkII Zephyr, even a MkI. If he wanted a really good car then it'd be a Chrysler Valiant VH ute, like the one below:
These cars are legendarily reliable and solid, Maori loved them.
I don't know why Pakeha can't make good period movies set in their society, watch the Maori productions and learn I guess.
The cars. I realise they were probably scrounging round looking for cars to use, the main one being a Holden Kingswood ute; I also saw a 1950's Morris or Wolseley (hard to say), a Jaguar XJ6 and a Bedford van.
About this, thing is, for Maori potato contractors, I don't think the father would be driving such a car as a Holden Kingswood. He'd know anything Holden was unreliable (and a lurch to the left, not politically, they did lurch to the left literally). They were expensive for what you got for the money. More likely he'd be driving a MkIII Zephyr (Ford), or possibly a MkII Zephyr, even a MkI. If he wanted a really good car then it'd be a Chrysler Valiant VH ute, like the one below:
These cars are legendarily reliable and solid, Maori loved them.
I don't know why Pakeha can't make good period movies set in their society, watch the Maori productions and learn I guess.