Pheno was Here

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Pheno was Here

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In this 1982 short film, Harry (Goodbye Pork Pie's Kelly Johnson) and Pheno (Donogh Rees) are bored Wellington rebels on a crime spree: tagging, stealing art and hijacking a bus to the badlands of nearby Makara Beach. It was the era of Muldoon, Springbok Tour protests, spacies and dole queues. The film captures the disillusionment of its youth, especially in the outcome of the duo's pursuit by a tyro cop (Duncan Smith). Johnson was fresh from Pork Pie, and Donogh Rees a young actor on the ris...

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Video

Date created

1982

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/pheno-was-here-1982

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youth / youth culture / crime / graffiti / police / 80s / eighties / lam / video games / coney island / spacies / flat / wellington / dole / milk / milk bottle / dominion museum / wellington museum / old museum / midland / motorway / scooter / ronald biggs / ronnie biggs / body paint / bus / karori park / makara / makara beach / james dean / moon landing / oriental parade / oriental beach / wellington airport

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