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Angel Mine

Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 1978

R18

Restricted

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"I like to pull rabbits out of hats to surprise people". So said young director David Blyth, before unleashing Angel Mine. Inspired partly by the surrealism of Luis Buñuel, Blyth's inventive debut is one of a handful of Kiwi experimental feature films to win mainstream release. Featuring a whitebread suburban couple and their liberated alter egos, the film explores ideas of consumerism, sexuality, the media, and taboo-breaking. The film excited criticism from Patricia Bartlett, and a notorious addition to its R18 certificate: "contains punk cult material."

Key Cast & Crew

Warren Sellers

Producer

David Blyth

Writer, Director, Producer

Derek Ward

As:The Man

Jennifer Redford

As: The Woman

Myra de Groot

As: The Nun

Mike Wilson

Actor

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Produced by

ILA Film Productions

Source

New Zealand Film Commission

Acknowledgements

Made with assistance from the Interim Film Commission and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council.

Presented with thanks to the New Zealand Film Heritage Trust – Te Puna Ataata

Music

Music by Mark Nicholas with contributions from The Suburban Reptiles, Charisma, Peter Kerin and the Auckland Youth Orchestra.

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