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A documentary glimpse into the life, art, and inimitable cheeky-as-a-kaka style of late Kiwi poet, Hone Tuwhare. In this Gaylene Preston-directed film, the man with "the big rubber face" (cheers Glenn Colquhoun) is observed at home, and travelling the country reading his work; polishing a new love poem; visiting old drinking haunts; reading to a hall full of entranced students; and expounding his distinctive views on everything from The Bible to Karl Marx's love life. He reads some of his best-known poems, including Rain and No Ordinary Sun.
Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008) - much-loved poet laureate (New Zealand's second), Māori, socialist, boiler maker, local character, sly shit-stirrer - has been described as, "New Zealand's ...
Working with Hone was a blast. I stayed friends with him for the rest of his life, and he certainly enriched mine - and thousands of others through his words - and deeds.
I like the bit in the film where Hone put on his straw hat, and ...
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An insightful view into the world of an extraordinary man...The almost casual non-intrusive style is like sitting on someones shoulder and just watching and listening to 'no ordinary son of ours'..He is not a rugby legend or a leading business man..we are in the presence of what it is to be an evolved human being in New Zealand..against the back drop of 'satisfaction with animal aspirations' shelter and warmth is an artistic powhenua..like a beacon ..that all teenagers instinctively are drawn...like moths to a lamp.
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Short Film, 1974 (Full Length)
Tuwhare reads a poem at a Hotere opening and talks about their relationship
Television, 1975 (Full Length)
A Tuwhare poem plays over the march early on
Television, 2003 (Full Length)
An episode of an arts series featuring poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
Television, 1998 (Full Length)
A doco on another iconic Kiwi writer
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Prakriti
Posted at 04.02PM - 23.08.2011
I really liked his poem friend.