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A State of Siege is the story of a retired art teacher dealing with isolation and loneliness, culminating in a stormy, terrifying night. This is a six-minute excerpt. Vincent Ward's acclaimed short — adapted from a Janet Frame novel — was made when he was at Ilam art school. The Evening Post called it "the most sensitive and intelligent film that has ever been made in New Zealand". San Francisco Chronicle praised: "Ward creates more horror in this low budget movie with his play of light and shadow than Stanley Kubrick was able to create in the whole of The Shining."
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Film poster for A State of Siege.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward.
Film Poster for A State of Siege.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward.
Malfred Signal (Anne Flannery) in A State of Siege.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward.
Malfred Signal (Anne Flannery) in A State of Siege.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward.
Malfred Signal (Anne Flannery) beneath the Putangirua Pinnacles in A State of Siege.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward.
Malfred Signal (Anne Flannery) in A State of Siege.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward.
