Kaleidoscope

NZ Cinema, the Past Decade

Kaleidoscope — Plot

This Kaleidoscope documentary timed in with the release of Nicholas Reid’s book A Decade of New Zealand Cinema. The book cherrypicked Reid's favourites from the renaissance in local movies that began with Sleeping Dogs in 1977. Reid and a who’s who of local filmmakers discuss many of the 50+ features from the previous decade (with Bruno Lawrence ever present). They ponder the uniqueness (or otherwise) of Kiwi film. A fondness for rural and small town settings, and forceful, often conflicted, male leads is explored. Neglected areas — Māori film and more of a voice for women — are traversed.

• Release date
• July 26, 1987
• Runtime
• 35 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Howard Taylor

Kaleidoscope — Cast

Merata Mita Subject Roger Donaldson Subject

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John Barnett Subject Geoff Murphy Subject

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Larry Parr Subject Gaylene Preston Subject Don Reynolds Subject Vincent Ward Subject