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November 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Gregory O’Brien

Wellington-based, Gregory O’Brien is a full-time poet, artist, essayist, curator and cultural odd-jobs-man. Recent books include a monograph on Pat Hanly and a collection of poems, Beauties of the Octagonal Pool. His book length essay News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore (2007) was propelled into being by a strict diet of Fred Frith, The Necks, Olivier […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Man Escaped, Andrei Rublev, Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrey Tarkovsky, Art, Arts, Ashik Kerib, AUP, Beau Travail, Bela Tarr, Claire Denis, Critic, Criticism, David Bowie, Directors, Film, Film Directors, Films, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Gregory O’Brien, Florian Habicht, Fred Frith, Greg O'Brien, Gregory O'Brien, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Bittov, Iva Bittova, Kaikohe Demolition, Land of The Long White Cloud, Land of The Long White Could, Movies, Nostalgia For The Light, Painting, Patricio Guzman, Poet, Poetry, Pulp, Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets, Robert Bresson, Rubbing From A Live Man, Rubbings From A Live Man, Sergei Parajanov, Seu Jorge, Step Across The Border, Tarkovsky, The Battle of Chile, The Colour of Pomegrantes, The Legend of Suram Fortress, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, VUP, Werckmeister Harmonies, Woodenhead, Writing ·

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July 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Life, Death, Supermarkets, Wedding Photography: Florian Habicht’s Film About Pulp

Berlin-based Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht isn’t even a fan of music docos or concert films. He’s not well-versed in them at any rate, whereas you might assume going in to his latest movie, Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets that he was a fan of the genre. Well, he didn’t grow up with […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged Death and Supermarkets, Director, Film, Film Director, Film Festival, Florian Habicht, Interview, Jarvis Cocker, Kaikohe Demolition, Liebestraume, Life Death Supermarkets Wedding Photography: Florian Habicht's Film About Pulp, Love Story, Movie Director, New Zealand International Film Festival, NZIFF, Pulp, Pulp: A Film About Life, Rubbings From A Live Man, Wedding Photography, Woodenhead ·

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July 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Pulp – A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets: Film

Pulp: A Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets Director: Florian Habicht Pistachio Pictures Florian Habicht’s film about Pulp is not quite a band doco, never just a concert film and somehow it’s one of the very best band docos you could see, and a whole new approach to that stale turd that is the concert […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Auckland, Britpop, Concert Film, Doco, England, Film, Film Festival, Film Review, Florian Habicht, Jarvis Cocker, Movie Review, Music Doco, Music Documentary, New Zealand International Film Festival, NZIFF, Pulp, Pulp: A Film About Life Death & Supermarkets, Sheffield, Wellington ·

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June 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Love Story: DVD

Love Story Director: Florian Habicht Pictures or Anna Clearly with Love Story Florian Habicht wished to play a trick, fusing documentary/mockumentary and romantic comedy – in the end the only trick he played was getting me to stick it out, to watch the film all the way through. I’ve enjoyed his other documentaries (hence giving […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Documentary, DVD, Film Review, Florian Habicht, Love Story, Mockumentary, New York, Romantic Comedy ·

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