Dvd
Barefoot Cinema: The Art and Life of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger
Filmmaker Gerard Smyth turns his camera on Alun Bollinger, whose own camera has been informing the way we New Zealanders see ourselves for almost 40 years. Geoff Murphy's Goodbye Pork Pie, Vincent Ward's Vigil, Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures and Gaylene Preston's Perfect Strangers, amongst his many credits, are superbly photographed films by any standard and each of them carries the distinctive signature of its director. All four auteurs express their admiration here and impart some flavour of the crucial collaborations involved, starting with the difficulty of ever luring the man they all call AlBol away from his South Island West Coast home.
AlBol, meanwhile, discusses creativity as if it's a mere matter of practicality enlivened by the occasional flash of ingenuity. Smyth's portrait of the artist as unassuming alt-lifestyle Kiwi bloke is also a valentine to the four decades of marriage that began after AlBol and Helen - HelBol - had known each other exactly three days. Existing admirers should be delighted by Smyth's tribute, and the unfamiliar captivated. (New Zealand International Film Festival 2009)
Starring Alun Bollinger, Gaylene Preston, Peter Jackson, Vincent Ward
Directed by Gerard Smyth
Documentary | 1hr 14mins | Origin: New Zealand
- Trailers
- Reviews
-
- Users
0000000000004.50
- Users
-
- SHARE:
- SHARE:
The Talk
8 votes / No comments
The people's reviews
2 reviews
View more trailers close window
-
Loading the player ...
Search For a DVD
I beg your pardon?
- Flicks.co.nz is serving the great nation of NZ with all things cinematic. Question about a movie or cinema? Thoughts on the site? Quips, gripes, advice for our own personal self-development?
- Get in touch with us by email at ED@ FLICKS.CO.NZ,on TWITTER oron FACEBOOK.
Want to see it
What say you? Yes No
Be the first to comment!