Good Taste made Bad Taste, by Tony Hiles, was made to show some of the tricks of the trade used by Peter Jackson in the making of his first feature film, Bad Taste. Shot at Jackson's Wellington home and on location, the film utilizes behind the scenes stills, interviews with the key cast, and excerpts from Bad Taste itself. The doco offers fascinating insight into Jackson's ingenuity: from building a DIY Steadicam, to simulating a head-cleaving machete attack, to breaking down how an infamous sheep-obliterating rocket launcher scene was put together.
Good Taste made Bad Taste was made by Tony Hiles, also the Consultant Producer on Bad Taste and the author of this perspective.
After Bad Taste's success in ...
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