Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Being Eve (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Fleur Saville
- Spunky, good–natured Kiwi comedy essays the angsty teenage years of girl philosopher Eve Baxter, whose unconventional outlook on life is…
Blerta - The Return Trip... (Blerta Revisited) (2001)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, John Clarke, Martyn Sanderson…
- Less a nostalgia 'trip' than a brilliant compendium of manic moments from New Zealand's 1970's travelling roadshow of anarchic performance –…
Bound for Pleasure (2001)
- Dir. David Blyth
- Non–sensational delve into the Auckland B&D scene from horror dir. Blyth (DEATH WARMED UP), that throws up some bizarre scenes of mistresses,…
Crooked Earth (2001)
- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Lawrence Makoare, Nancy Brunning
- Vivid action–melodrama uses the dispossession of East Coast Maori to prime its tale of tribal succession, with SAS soldier Temuera Morrison…
Early Days Yet (2001)
- Dir. Shirley Horrocks
- A quietly thoughtful and engaging look at the life and work of New Zealand poet Allen Curnow, filmed when Curnow was in his late–80s and still…
Epitaph (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Paul Gittens
- TV series that scours the cemeteries of New Zealand for the intriguing, weird and worthy tales of our ancestor's demises.
Paul Gittens is the…
Flight 703 - The Survivors (2001)
- Individual stories of miraculous survival, heroism and tragedy emerge through the telling of this gripping story of the 15–hour rescue…
Her Majesty (2001)
- Dir. Mark J. Gordon
Feat. Vicky Haughton, Sally Andrews, Anna Sheridan…
- A little–known, but sincerely crafted tale is set in 1950s New Zealand around a young girl's (Andrews) infatuation with Queen Elizabeth II,…
Hotere (2001)
- Dir. Merata Mita
- Noted documentary on New Zealand's reclusive artist Ralph Hotere, constructed in non–linear, impressionistic style. Seven years in the making,…
Lord of the Rings - Extended Edition Trilogy Box Set (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) (2001-2003)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
- All three parts of Peter Jackson's monumental adapation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy epic, in their extended DVD box set versions.