You may have heard Geoff Murphy taking a cheeky jab at Sir Peter Jackson recently as part of promotion for his memoir A Life on Film, on sale from October 19th. We’re teaming up with Murphy and publishers HarperCollins to bring you the chance to revisit Murphy’s classic Goodbye Pork Pie, hear the maverick filmmaker discuss his career – and win awesome prizes, including a year of free films!
Details on Auckland and Dunedin events follow, but first, a little bit about A Life on Film:
“I’m taking this bloody car to Invercargill!”
It was the line that had cinema audiences cheering. Goodbye Pork Pie became an instant classic, and announced the arrival of a major new talent in director Geoff Murphy. With his next two films, Utu and The Quiet Earth, he cemented his reputation as a pioneer of New Zealand cinema, eventually arriving in Hollywood as a gun-for-hire in the super-charged world of studio politics and superstar egos.
He’d come a long way from his days as a struggling school teacher, and then a member of a madcap band of merry pranksters known as Blerta, founded by his great friend and collaborator Bruno Lawrence. But it was the same sense of adventure -with a healthy dose of Kiwi ingenuity – that defined every stage of his career.
In this candid and funny memoir, Geoff Murphy looks back on a life in (and on) film – from do-it-yourself shoots in the 1960s to epic work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy – and delivers the director’s cut of a truly remarkable life.
The definitive local road movie, and one that stands up to any foreign incarnation of the genre, sees two kiwi blokes battling a whole range of wacky obstacles in their quest to get a stolen yellow mini from Kaitaia to Invercargill.
Special guest Director Geoff Murphy will be doing a Q&A after the screening to talk about the making of this legendary film and his new memoir.
Where: Rialto Cinemas Newmarket
When: Thursday 15 October at 6:00pm
Panellist: Director Geoff Murphy
Buy a ticket to the Auckland session and go in the draw to win a year of free movies – a double pass to every single Flicks preview for twelve months commencing November 1st!
Where: Rialto Cinemas Dunedin
When: Wednesday 14 October at 6:00pm
Panellist: Director Geoff Murphy
Buy a ticket to the Dunedin screening and go in the draw for a hand-picked selection of DVDs and Blu-rays to enjoy at home, courtesy of Flicks.co.nz.
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