Alamein's encore : entertainment, information, intimacy and reflection in the 'Boy' DVD director's commentary / by O. Ripeka Mercier

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Title

Alamein's encore : entertainment, information, intimacy and reflection in the 'Boy' DVD director's commentary / by O. Ripeka Mercier

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National Library of New Zealand

Collection

Index New Zealand

Description

Considers the novel work that Taika Waititi's DVD audio commentary for 'Boy' - a feature-length conversation between Waititi as Taika, the director, and Waititi as Alamein, the film's protagonist - does to inform the audience by privileging the director's reading of the character, encouraging the listener to empathise with the film's least sympathetic character, extending his signature approach of multiple role play, and enabling him to manage and negotiate expectations of indigenous authenti...

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Format

Journal

Date created

2012

Creator

Mercier, Ocean, (Victoria University of Wellington, Te Kawa a Māui (School of Māori Studies))

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/31480382

Related subjects

Motion pictures -- DVD special features / Motion pictures -- Production and direction / Criticism, interpretation, etc. / Boy (Motion picture)

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