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Subgenre Sampler

 
SylviaSylvia (1985)
Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Eleanor David
Eleanor David plays Sylvia Ashton–Warner, educational cruasader and best–selling author in the 1940s.
Grasp Of Wind, AGrasp Of Wind, A (1984)
Dir. Robert Franken, Russell Campbell
Feat. Neal Gunn
Dutch born New Zealand visual artist Robert Franken's one–and–only directorial effort is a quietly surreal, wordless fable in which a…
Heart of the StagHeart of the Stag (1984)
Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Terence Cooper, Bruno Lawrence
A harrowing drama that deals frankly yet sensitively with the subject of incest. Terence Cooper plays a brutish farmer whose dreadful secret is soon…
VigilVigil (Incl. In Spring One Plants Alone & A State Of Seige) (1984) Recommended
Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr
A young girl's world is transformed when her father dies and a enigmatic stranger arrives in his wake. Our unique landscape provides a magnificent…
ConstanceConstance (1983)
Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Donogh Rees
Donogh Rees gives a restrained performance in this post–war period drama as a school–teacher whose fanciful dreams are realised and then…
Utu - ReduxUtu - Redux (1983-2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa
With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
PicturesPictures (1981)
Dir. Michael Black
Feat. Kevin J. Wilson, Peter Vere-Jones, Helen Moulder
Two rival photographer brothers clash ethics over their respective portraits of the native Maori. Colonialist parable explores the value of art and…
Smash PalaceSmash Palace (1981) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson
One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Angel MineAngel Mine (1979)
Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot
A punk, Bunuel–esque social satire in which a married couple escape their material lives through anarchic fantasies, staged as dream–like…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series)Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)
Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow
Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…

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