How Sam Neill’s 1990s documentary Cinema of Unease reckoned with New Zealand’s film history
How Sam Neill’s 1990s documentary Cinema of Unease reckoned with New Zealand’s film history
Beloved for his roles in films from Dead Calm to Jurassic Park, Sam Neill – who has died aged 78 – was a vital figure in New Zealand cinema who, in 1995, made a documentary for the BFI offering thoughtful reflections on the unease and troubled political history permeating his nation’s filmmaking.
Beloved for his roles in films from Dead Calm to Jurassic Park, Sam Neill – who has died aged 78 – was a vital figure in New Zealand cinema who, in 1995, made a documentary for the BFI offering thoughtful reflections on the unease and troubled political history permeating his nation’s filmmaking.