Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Pictures (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 Palace (1981)
- 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 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) (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…
Sons for the Return Home (1979)- Dir. Paul Maunder
Feat. Uelese Pataia - Compassionate screen adaptation of Albert Wendt's autobiographical novel, the first published by a Samoan. Uelese Pataia plays the shy young academic…
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates - Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
Solo (1977)- Dir. Tony Williams
Feat. Vincent Gil, Lisa Peers, Martyn Sanderson - Emotional isolation is the theme of this moody drama in which a lonely fire patrol pilot balances his life with that of his introverted son and a…
Hunter's Gold (TV Series) (1976)- Feat. Ken Blackburn, Andrew Hawthorn, Ian Mune…
- Classic kidult series follows young Scott Hunter as he searches for his father amidst the Otago Gold Rush in thismagnificent recreation of early New…
Until They Sail (1957)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman… - 1950s Christchurch is the novelty star of this MGM prestige picture set entirely in Canterbury, New Zealand, with landmarks such as the Christchurch…
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