Barefoot Cinema - The Life and Art of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger
2008 1h 13m Television
- Documentary
- Arts/Culture
Barefoot Cinema looks at the "art and life" of Alun Bollinger, whom Peter Jackson calls "the finest lighting cameraman that the country has ever produced really". Goodbye Pork Pie, Vigil, Heavenly Creatures: the path of the man known as 'AlBol' is a growth chart of the Kiwi screen industry. Gerard Smyth's Qantas-nominated documentary is an affectionate tribute to the values of a "good keen man", shaped around his long relationship with wife Helen. Alongside indelible movie images, and tributes from colleagues (Geoff Murphy, Gaylene Preston, Vincent Ward) AlBol and HelBol are seen at home on the West Coast.
Key Cast & Crew
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Helen Bollinger
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Related images
Left to right: Derek Morton, Geoff Murphy and (seated) cameraman Alun Bollinger, during the making of short film The Box (1969?).
Photo believed to have been taken by Helen Whiteford
On location in Wellington for 2001 movie Stickmen: from left, camera operator Alun Bollinger, director Hamish Rothwell and cinematographer Nigel Bluck.
Kindly provided by Onfilm
Cinematographer Alun Bollinger and writer/director Gaylene Preston during the filming of 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Melanie (Rachael Blake) suggests it's time to go, to the man she meets at the pub (Sam Neill). A scene from early in Perfect Strangers (2003).
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Frank Whitten as Ethan and Penelope Stewart as Elizabeth in a scene from Vigil.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
Alun Bollinger and Gaylene Preston during the filming of 1980 documentary Learning Fast.
Wairarapa Times-Age Collection (17-101/5-87-224)
On the set of 1985 movie Mr Wrong. From left to right (at the back): Wayne Leonard, Thomas Burstyn (wearing hat), Margot Shellgrove, director Gaylene Preston, John Samuels, Alun Bollinger, Chris Graves and Robin Murphy. Foreground: Jan Fisher and lead actor Heather Bolton (in swanndri).
Kindly provided by Onfilm magazine
Behind the scenes on 1985 movie Mr Wrong, in Pāuatahanui. From left to right: director Gaylene Preston (seated), assistant grip Alistair Allan, camera operator Alun Bollinger, first assistant director John Samuels, continuity person Margot Shellgrove, and cinematographer Thomas Burstyn.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
Kelly Johnson as 'Pork Pie' Gerry and Tony Barry as John in Goodbye Pork Pie.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.
Peter Jackson reveals the site of an amazing discovery in Forgotten Silver.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
Tony Barry (Ed Preston) in movie Home by Christmas (2010).
Kindly supplied by Gaylene Preston Productions
