The Box

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Title

The Box

Content partner

NZ On Screen

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NZ On Screen

Description

Shot without sound, this short was made by teacher turned filmmaker/musician Geoff Murphy and a group of film-loving bohemians, who would soon evolve into countercultural community Blerta. Men in white coats deliver a large wooden box to a shopping centre. Curiosity gets the better of any shopper, kid or pet taking a closer look. A hippy (played by cinematographer Alun Bollinger) swings by and a cop chases Bruno Lawrence's cheeky robber. Murphy's love of explosives is in evidence. The film in...

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Format

Video

Date created

1969

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-box-1969

Related subjects

silent film / 1969 / 1960s / suburbia / dog / box / cigarette / bread / shopping / shopping mall / children / tools / struggle / surprise / cops and robbers / robber / jansons supermarket / bomb / hippy / low budget / rugby ball / mystery box / mysterious / disappearance / white coats / van / acme sausage company / carpark / car symphony / black humour / experiemental / blerta / pat robins / keystone cops / physical comedy / black and white / silent

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