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Flight of Fancy

Short Film, 1987

 Flight of Fancy

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 Synopsis

This whimsical film starring New Zealand artist Michael Smither, animal wrangler Caroline Girdlestone, and cartoonist Burton Silver, documents Smither's quest to learn to fly. It is a documentary in the accepted sense but lyrical and full of surprises. Made by Wellington filmmaker Tony Hiles, edited by Jamie Selkirk (future Oscar winner for The Return of the King), and gorgeously shot on location at Farewell Spit and Wharariki Beach. Smither is well known for his idiosyncratic realist paintings, such as Rocks With Mountain.

 Credits

 Tony Hiles
 Ian Paul
 Ken Saville
 Burton Silver
 
 
 

 Background

A Perspective by Mary-Jane Duffy | 17.12.2008

How can this be a documentary? This was the question most asked of director Tony Hiles when this whimsical film was shown at film festivals in the late 1980s and early 90s. Viewers are now more used ...

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 Where to buy

Available from City Films and the Filmshop.

 
 

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