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Cinema of Unease Film (Excerpts) – 1995 Documentary Arts/Culture

Cinema of Unease

Film (Excerpts) – 1995 Documentary Arts/Culture

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An excerpt from this documentary film.

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Sam Neill weaves portions of autobiography into an idiosyncratic, acclaimed yet controversial analysis of Kiwi cinema — from its crude beginnings, to the dark flowering of achievement seen in the breakthrough films of Peter Jackson, Lee Tamahori, and Jane Campion. Directed by Neill and Judy Rymer, as one of 18 films commissioned for the British Film Institute's Century of Cinema series, the award-winning documentary debuted at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The New York Times' Janet Maslin rated it a series highlight. The opening sequence looks at the role of the road in Kiwi film.

Key Cast & Crew

Sam Neill

Co-Director, Writer, Presenter

Alun Bollinger

Cinematographer

Judy Rymer

Writer, Co-Director

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Not much about Sam Neill's ordinary leading-man roles (in films like Jurassic Park) and even his better ones (in The Piano and My Brilliant Career) is preparation for his tart, perceptive directorial voice in a very good film of his own.
– Reviewer Janet Maslin in The New York Times, 10 October 1995

Produced by

Top Shelf Productions

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Availability

Available on DVD from Top Shelf Productions

More information

Information on the Century of Cinema series, Criterion website

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from the NZ Film Commission, NZ On Air and TV3, in association with the British Film Institute (BFI)

Music

Music composed by Don McGlashan, and performed by The Mutton Birds