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Subgenre Sampler

 
Channeling BabyChanneling Baby (1999)
Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…
Destination Disaster - The Sinking of the Mikhail LermontovDestination Disaster - The Sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov (1999)
Compelling document of the 1986 sinking of Soviet cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov in the Marlborough Sounds. Delves into the controversial aftermath of…
Getting to Our PlaceGetting to Our Place (1999)
Dir. Gaylene Preston, Anna Cotrell
The creation of NZ’s national museum, Te Papa, was an exciting, self–conscious and fraught journey in defining the nation’s identity, this…
HeavenHeaven (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Danny Edwards
Banished into virtual anonymity by Miramax studio indifference, we can only assume they found this 'arty' thriller too slippery to pigeonhole and…
Kids WorldKids World (1999)
Dir. Dale G Bradley
Feat. Ryan Mitchell, Christopher Lloyd
Set–in–America, but made–in–NZ, this cute wish–fulfilment fable has 12–yr old Ryan Mitchell and his pals…
Lost World, The (TV Series)Lost World, The (TV Series) (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World) (1999-2002)
Feat. Peter McCauley, William Snow, Rachel Blakely
Enjoyably cheesy Antipodean TV show based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy–adventure set at the dawn of the 20th century where a band of…
Lunatics Ball, TheLunatics Ball, The (1999)
Dir. Michael Thorp
Feat. Michael Daly, Jane Irwin, Sarah Ashworth
Idiosyncratic indie set around a doctor’s efforts to apply his unorthodox ideas in a psych–ward which is slowly coming unstuck. More…
New Zealand Wars, TheNew Zealand Wars, The (1999) Recommended
Dir. James Belich
Feat. James Belich
Praised, yet inevitably controversial documentary series on New Zealand's 19th century history, in particular the various land–wars between…
Punitive DamagePunitive Damage (1999) Recommended
Dir. Annie Goldson
Emotive documentary about the ordeal of an ordinary New Zealand mother, Helen Todd, who ultimately sued an Indonesian general for punitive damages…
ScarfiesScarfies (1999) Recommended
Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Neill Rea, Taika Waititi, Willa O'Neill
Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…

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