Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Bread and Roses (1993)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Genevieve Picot - A gracious tribute to the post–war generation of New Zealand women, Gaylene Preston does a job worthy of her forebears in charting the early…
Desperate Remedies (1993)- Dir. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Feat. Michael Hurst, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith… - An audacious, decadent soap–opera which proudly flaunts its contempt for traditional local film–making with drugs, kinky sex,…
Piano, The (1993)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin… - A romantic masterpiece set in pioneering New Zealand worthy of its reputation and phenomenal success. Worth a second glance for the cast's impeccable…
Secrets (1993)- Dir. Michael Pattinson
Feat. Noah Taylor, Willa O'Neill - During the Beatles' Melbourne tourdate of 1964, four Beatle–maniacs and an Elvis fan find themselves trapped together in a hotel basement,…
Typhon's People (1993)- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. Alfred Molina, Sophie Lee, Michael Hurst… - Capable sci–fi thriller, scripted by Margaret Mahy, concerning dodgy genetic–engineering in a remote NZ research station. Stars local…
Absent Without Leave (1992)- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Craig McLauchlan - Craig McLauchlan from Neighbours stars as a love–struck newly–wed on the run from the army during WW2. Slight nostalgia with lots of…
Chunuk Bair (1992)- Dir. Dale G. Bradley
Feat. Robert Powell, Kevin J. Wilson, Jed Brophy - Modest, reverent account of an exhausted and shell–shocked Wellington regiment of the ANZAC forces who endeavoured to gain control of the ridge…
Crush (1992)- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. Marcia Gay Harden - A downbeat analysis of female personal politics, with Marcia Gay Harden, an American vixen in Rotorua who neglects her dear friend recently paralysed…
Footstep Man, The (1992)- Dir. Leon Narbey
Feat. Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand - An ambitious psychological drama about a forlorn sound–effects man who becomes obsessed with the woman in a film he is working on. Technically…
Short Reels: Ten New Zealand Short Films (1992-2004)- 1. Watermark (2001) 12m. 2. The Platform (2001) 5m. 3. The Little Things (2004) 12m. 4. The Man Who Couldn't Dance (2004) 10m. 5. Lovelock (1992)…
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