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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]