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Making Utu
Television (Excerpts) – 1982
In New Zealand today we [still] have Māori fighting Māori, Māori fighting Pākehā, Pākehā fighting Pākehā — it's very hard to draw the line.– Utu casting director Merata Mita
Utu made extremely complex statements about the absurdity of trying to alter people's political and philosophical thinking by shooting bullets into their heads.– Geoff Murphy, in a 1985 Onfilm magazine interview by his brother Roy
The thing I like about filmmaking is that it gives you the opportunity to blow up sheds and throw pianos off balconies.– Director Geoff Murphy
It’s like football innit? You set up the event and cover it …– Director Geoff Murphy, preparing to shoot a battle scene
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