New Zealand Cinema
Interpreting the Past
Edited by Alistair Fox, Barry Keith Grant and Hilary Radner
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New Zealand has produced one of the world’s most vibrant film cultures, a reflection of the country’s evolving history and the energy and resourcefulness of its people. From early silent features like The Te Kooti Trail to recent films such as River Queen, this book examines the role of the cinema of New Zealand in building a shared sense of national identity. The works of key directors, including Peter Jackson, Jane Campion, and Vincent Ward, are here introduced in a new light, and select films are given in-depth coverage. Among the most informative accounts of New Zealand’s fascinating national cinema, this will be a must for film scholars around the globe.
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"Ester Tinknell’s analysis of the meaning and historical specificity of the fair-isle pullover in Heavenly Creatures and the crinoline in The Piano is an exemplar of the penetrating understanding of all the contributions to this collection of thirteen essays on New Zealand cinema. Such details help us to explore the complexities of life in a country that is global and local, past and present, Maori and Pakeha."
Times Literary Supplement
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (2010)
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Cinema, Nation, Identity
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American Cinema of the 1960s (2008)
Themes and Variations
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Five Films by Frederick Wiseman (2006)
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Migrant and Diasporic Film and Filmmaking in New Zealand (2019)
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Pacific Film and John O'Shea 1948-2000
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Subject: Countries > New Zealand
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