‘IT'S GOT AWKWARD PEOPLE MOPING ABOUT LANDSCAPES'
Kiwi allblack
Miles Fielder goes to the dark side with Taika Waititi, the new Australasian low budget film comedy prince
hen .\'e\\ /.ealand \tantl up enmie. aelnr.
painter and phntnerapher 'l'aika \Vaititi lnnk a
\hnt at \KI'IIlllL‘ and direetin}: a mn\ie he had no idea it \\t‘lliti he nnmmatetl lnr the (hand .lur} l’ri/e at the piexliginux Sundanee l'ilm l-exlixal and heenme the l'neux nl~ a l‘ltitilll}: war that \\Utliti end in a \ale tn premier :\lllL‘l'l\‘tlll tlixliihutnr .\lirama\. pre\inu\|_\ hnme ln ()uenlin 'I'arantinn. Rnhert Rntlrigue/ and Kenn Smith. l’erhap\ \xnrkxhnpping hix dehut at lx’nhert Redlnrtl‘x Sundanee l.ah nn the haek nl~ an ()xear nnminalinn l'nr hix \hnrt Iiin (an. ()m' M's/ll \hnuld ha\ e alerted (‘nhen tn the hig thingx in \tnre l'nr
hix miernrhudgel rnmantie enmed) ahnut a pair nt'
geekx. litre/e ix Slitu'lt. It didn't. and \n the _\nung_' ’l‘er \\ hanau .i .-\panui tlexeendent lindx himxell' pleaxanll) \tirpriwd and nnt a little an\inu\ ahnut the film'x tnrtunex.
'l \\a\ ner\nu\ ahnut the \\a_\ the lilm \xnuld he \tlltl h} penple nnt reall} getting; the film. .ittxt naming; ln make mnne) nlt’ til it.' \a_\\ \Vaitili. 'Ynu dnn't \xanl In lnxe )nur nriginal \ixinn thrnugh marketing. .\lirama\ xx ere prett} gnntl ahnut it. hut it'\ hard tn market a film like thix. Ynu ean market it nn the haek nl‘ annther film. hut that\ dangernux heeanxe _\nu ereate e\peetalinn h} haxing penple thinking tlte_\'re gning tn we the ne\t Mum/mu llinunillt- \xhen it\ aetualh prett} different.
In laet. [cue/e \\ .S‘lnu‘k hearx nnl} a \uperl‘ieial rewmhlanee tn the .I\meriean geek enmed} lalw nnminated l‘nr the (irand .lur} l’ri/e at Suntlaneei. \Vaitili‘x tihn i\ mnre rnmantie. and \xhile it'x limit} it\ a|\n quite dark. |I\ nriginx lie in a eharaeter ereated linr theatre h} ('nhen'x partner. the \\ellingtnn-haxed enmie
aetnr Inren llnrxle). "l'he eharaeter. l.I|_\. reminded me nl (ielxnmina lrnm l.u Strut/(if \a}\ \Vailiti. making an une\peeled thnugh nnt tnmarrantetl rel'eienee tn the l’ellini elaxxie. "l‘hexe innneent. enmpaxxinnale. npen eharaeterx that dnn't \peak mueh. Lauren and I talked ahnut \xhat kind nl' unrld |.i|_\ \xnuld inhahit. and what kind nl' git} \he \xnuld he interexted in. We eame up hill] .larrnd |.lemaine ('Iementl. \xhn ix prelt} eeeentrie
a Int like her hill the enmplete nppmite in Ill\ eneret and direetinn and threu that eharaeter at Ill} In \ee \xhat \xnuld happen. The \ltll‘} \\L‘lll lrnm there.
‘I dnn‘t knnu it it\ a rnmaneef he enntmuex. 'h‘x ent rnmanee in it. It\ gnl \nme enmie elementx. lt'x .l|\tl gnt \tllllL' ilepl‘exxing mnment. Ilix gnt a\\k\\aril penple mnping ahntit landxeapex Ynu either get it and )nu like it. nr _\nu tlnn'l. I’d unit} it exer)nne \lartetl liking; lill\ lilm. I'd leel I \xax inn mainxtream. that I'd \nld nut'
litre/c \‘\ X/ltll‘k l\ tllvl til\llllf_‘llt\ileti it} ll\ \enxe ill lmrnnur: deatlpan. earth}. with a dark edge. "l'here'x definitel} a .\'e\\ /.ea|and \enxe nl humnur.‘ \;l_\\ (‘nhen. ‘hut there'x nnthing tn enmpare it In heeauxe \en /.ealand rarel} makex k'tllllL'tIlL'\. We make darker tilmx ahnul man and hix emirnnment. :\ll nl nur art ix dark. ik‘etlth‘ nl' \\ here \ke enme lrnm. ’I‘ht\ ixnlated little natinn tilled \xilh penple \xhn ilnn‘t reall} knnu \xhn the} are are \\ e a enlnn} nr nur nun natinn‘.’ hk \ueh a beautiful enunlr}. hut _\nu feel trapped.
‘f'inr a \xltile.' \Vaititi laughx \xith a grimaee. '\\ e had the illgitcfl l'tllL‘ Hl- ICL‘I] \tllclth‘ ill the \\tlliiti..
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