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Gaylene Preston

Director

Films to Rent on DVD

 
Making UtuMaking Utu (1983)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Exemplary behind the scenes documentary observes the making of Geoff Murphy's groundbreaking 'puha western' UTU, revealing both the insistence on…
Mr. WrongMr. Wrong (1985) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Heather Bolton
A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
Ruby and RataRuby and Rata (1990) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Yvonne Lawley, Simon Barnett
A cantankerous landlord, a would–be rock singer and a delinquent child have more in common than they realise when they unwittingly share the…
Bread and RosesBread and Roses (1993) Recommended
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…
War StoriesWar Stories (War Stories our Mothers never told us) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Remarkable documentary manages to compel almost exclusively via the spoken word as seven elderly women offer candid yet articulate and boldy frank…
Hone TuwhareHone Tuwhare (1996)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
The late poet laureate, Hone Tuwhare, is captured in this affectionate, candidly observed portrait of an artist. Filmed by Gaylene Preston in the…
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…
Titless WondersTitless Wonders (2001)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
“An upfront exploration of the emotional discoveries of women with breast cancer”, this bravely and valuably documents a subject most people…
Perfect StrangersPerfect Strangers (2003)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
EarthquakeEarthquake (2006)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Staple filmmaker and documentarian Gaylene Preston chronicles the devastating Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931 through a series of vivid and moving…

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