Posts by Geoff Lealand
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Speaker: Levelling the Playing Field, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Yes, and it seems a damn waste that The Weight of Elephants has not yet had a broad release beyond the NZIFF -- as neither has the NZ reworking of Romeo and Juliet
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Speaker: Levelling the Playing Field, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Rob; in his list of 1-29, the ones I know of to have a NZ release are:
To the Wonder
Upstream Color
A Touch of Sin
The Bling Ring
Nebraska. (Saw a preview last week--a cracker of a film)
Blue JasmineI guess others are on their way, I am particularly waiting on Inside Llewyn Davies, the latest Coen Brothers film.
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Hey ... my intention was not to stop the conversation here!
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Completely off topic ... But the Mandela conversation has closed...just back from the candlelight remembrance at Rugby Park (now the Waikato Stadium). A grand event, with John Minto as MC, but the surprise guest was Ross Meurant, who spoke of his regret about his part in the events of 1981.
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Speaker: Levelling the Playing Field, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Most multiplex screens still require you to sit in rows; many art house/independent cinema offer a different experience. Visit the Waiheke Cinema, for example, which offers a large auditorium filled with sofas (donated by residents); or Matakana which is extraordinary sumptuous; or the Roxy in Wellington, which echoes the Civic in Auckland etc. Or Cinema Paradiso in Wanaka, which has an interval, for patrons to chow down on in-house baking,
The thing is that such cinemas offer very attractive add-ons to just going to a film. I recently visited the Dome Cinema in Gisborne, which is housed in the old Poverty Bay Club (the ceiling features three c18th glass domes). Patrons sit on the original horse-hair sofas or designer bean-bags. The adjacent bar is something special. -
Speaker: Levelling the Playing Field, in reply to Jonathan King,
Sure have--72 times so far this year (I keep records). You are probably thinking of the multiplex experience, which is generic wherever you go. I am thinking more of the independent/art house experience.
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The essence of the cinema is that it is larger than life. Perish the scenario that we will all be individuals, heads-down, staring at little screens with tinny audio. I believe that the second century of cinema will a long and rich one.
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Speaker: Levelling the Playing Field, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I don't want to see that day, if it ever comes. Humans are social creatures and we have a deep and abiding need to gather in public or semi-public places, to experience theatre, listen to music, watch films....
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Hard News: Friday Music: Punk rock and…, in reply to Russell Brown,
I have resisted the infection, I thought this was a place just for the devil's music.
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The most significant growth area for cinema going, in NZ and elsewhere, is the art house sector. Oldies hate the multiplex and are returning to independent cinemas, for a different kind of social experience. American studios are beginning to notice this, which is why we now see Helen Mirren in action flics . Small films suit film-making best but we do need to do something about fixing distribution. John Davies owns the only NZ-owned distribution company.