Making Utu

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Title

Making Utu

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NZ On Screen

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Description

Director Gaylene Preston captures the making of Utu — Geoff Murphy's epic Western set during the 1870s land wars. "...it’s like football innit? You set up the event and cover it…" says Murphy, while shooting a battle scene. Making Utu shows it's far more complicated than that: from building sets in isolated locales, to explosions and extras in cardboard hats, to the cultural sensitivities of recreating a tangi. Casting director Merata Mita argues the time is right for an honest look at New Ze...

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Video

Date created

1982

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/making-utu-1982

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making of / māori / land wars / behind the scenes / alginate / face casting / makeup / acting / special effects / church / stunts / steadicam / gunfire / explosions / smoking / piano / film set / horse / western / cameo / tangi / fake rain / battle scene / desert road / extras / new zealand history / costumes / marching / line reading / camera crane / helicopter / moko / forest / on location / stuntman / directing / rehearsal / production office / william colenso / funeral / oh! susanna / hawke's bay / karakia / 1980s / 1982 / eighties / location filming / māori-pākehā relations / māori-pākehā history / cross-cultural / destruction

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