Action adventure The Dead Lands is in UK cinemas this weekend. Director Toa Fraser talks about its making and how James Cameron’s a fan...
A taut and intense action adventure, The Dead Lands is a superb showcase for director Toa Fraser. It provides an insight into a culture not often explored on screen - set in pre-colonial New Zealand, the film’s dialogue is entirely in the Maori language - while delivering the kind of pared-back revenge story you might expect from a western or a samurai film.
In other words, The Dead Lands is both unique to its country and universal; its historical setting and subtitles might suggest something for the arthouse crowd, but its bruising fight scenes will please the action crowd, too. What’s more, James Cameron is officially a fan.
As The Dead Lands makes its debut in UK cinemas, we caught up with Toa Fraser...
A taut and intense action adventure, The Dead Lands is a superb showcase for director Toa Fraser. It provides an insight into a culture not often explored on screen - set in pre-colonial New Zealand, the film’s dialogue is entirely in the Maori language - while delivering the kind of pared-back revenge story you might expect from a western or a samurai film.
In other words, The Dead Lands is both unique to its country and universal; its historical setting and subtitles might suggest something for the arthouse crowd, but its bruising fight scenes will please the action crowd, too. What’s more, James Cameron is officially a fan.
As The Dead Lands makes its debut in UK cinemas, we caught up with Toa Fraser...
- 5/28/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Local filmmakers Mark Strong and Bryan Moses find success with short animation/live action film Miscast.
The film, doing the rounds at numerous American festivals has won Best Foreign Film Award at the Action/Cut Short Film Awards and an Award of Merit for Special Effects at the Los Angeles Film Festival and picked up the ‘Award of Excellence and Best Voice-Over at the Los Angeles Movie Awards.
The film was nominated for Best Performance for Markus Hamilton and Best Special Effects and Animation at the Maverick Film Awards.
The film also screened at the Jersey Shore Film Festival and the New York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival.
Miscast is the story of a big burly horned monster named Stuart who is often cast as ‘the muscle’ in films but desires to become a real actor on meaningful projects.
Mark Strong wrote, produced and directed Miscast. He is the founder...
The film, doing the rounds at numerous American festivals has won Best Foreign Film Award at the Action/Cut Short Film Awards and an Award of Merit for Special Effects at the Los Angeles Film Festival and picked up the ‘Award of Excellence and Best Voice-Over at the Los Angeles Movie Awards.
The film was nominated for Best Performance for Markus Hamilton and Best Special Effects and Animation at the Maverick Film Awards.
The film also screened at the Jersey Shore Film Festival and the New York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival.
Miscast is the story of a big burly horned monster named Stuart who is often cast as ‘the muscle’ in films but desires to become a real actor on meaningful projects.
Mark Strong wrote, produced and directed Miscast. He is the founder...
- 9/13/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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