Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Strata (1982)
- Dir. Geoff Steven
Feat. Nigel Davenport
- Bold but failed attempt to emulate the arthouse cinema of European directors like Bergman, Tarkovsky and Antonioni in a New Zealand setting. Staged…
Under the Mountain (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Kirsty Wilkinson, Lance Warren, Roy Leywood
- Disquieting, dark–hued tele adaptation of Maurice Gee's beloved sci–fi fantasy, about a pair of twins with latent psychic powers,…
Bad Blood (1981)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill
- A gripping drama based on the factual account of Stan Graham, who in 1941 murdered four policemen and sparked one of the greatest manhunts in New…
Dead Kids (Strange Behaviour) (1981)
- Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher
- Minor cult item concerning a series of nasty murders in a small town, which may be connected to a deranged scientist and his psychology experiments.…
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman…
- This little beauty was the first Kiwi film to make international inroads. An amoral tale about a gang of misfits who travel the length of the country…
Our Heritage (TV Series) (1981)
- A unique series of television snippets, in which seven ballads by legendary Waitakere historian Jack Diamond are recited over historical imagery and…
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…
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
- Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence…
- Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasance and George Peppard cavort on and over the South Island in search of a 'McGuffin'.
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…
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. David Hemmings, John Hargreaves
- Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…