Most New Zealanders know the story of how Peter Jackson found 60 hours of unseen Beatles footage and decided to use it to make a documentary about the Fab Four. The completed movie was six hours long so the parts of it showing at Cinemas are going to be sections of the original. This part dealt with the rooftop concert on top of the Apple building in London. It is towards the end of the Beatle’s history coming just before the Let It Be album and then the break up of the group. The footage is extraordinary, very close up…
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Nick Scott a writer from Tauranga completes ARTbop’s Q&A:- Nick Scott having tea with ARTbop at Le Chat Noir in Greerton 1. Who are you? I’m Nick Scott. I’m a writer and a volunteer teacher. I have a BA from Waikato University in Politics and English. In 2011-12 I did a Te Reo Maori language course at the Wananga which was then in Wharf Street in Tauranga. I’ve been a member of Tauranga Writers Group. Both my parents were teachers. My Dad has recently retired as a primaryschool principal. 2. What is your field of creative endeavour? I’m primarily a…
Fee closed the file – a hard copy file- and gave the smallest of sighs. She sat completely still until Robert’s soft knock and “the Minister’s here Fee” brought her back. Smile on face and post-Covid elbows touched Fee McFadden “ Good Morning Phoebe” sat opposite the current Minister of Social Housing and talked through Design Developments latest project. Phoebe Rose McFadden the oldest daughter of the ordinary. In her oversize private school uniform no-one had ever called her Phoebe. It was always Fee or Feefee. As she sat encased in the small, familiar toilet off the school hall…
The history of the Irish Troubles of the late 1960s was a gritty and violent time . Strange then that the one of the best films about them sees it through the eyes of an innocent child. This was a wise thing for the director to do because the film retains its sense of realism while being very touching. A lot of places on the internet describe it as a Comedy/Drama, but the comedy part is just due to the Irish factor, as they tend to live life in a very light, cheerful kind of way. It is more accurately…
“I’m sorry Andrew, it’s not any thing you did. You’re just very unique.” She quickly turned her head away to avoid his eyes and then walked out. “Unique” . It was a word many people used to describe him. Not just his last girlfriend. It’s not like he hated to be this way. He had always tried to fit in when he was young, even if that meant lowering his standards. This is why he wanted to become the gifted writer he tried to avoid being at school. Andrew Jansen loved cinema. He had written reviews for the latest films…
There will be no golf this morning for three of Australia’s “wise men” – judges of the Australian Federal Court. Novak Djokovic of Serbia is having another day, or in this case, another morning in court. Prince Andrew of the tenuously named United Kingdom has already had some of his days in a court in the United States of America without the result he hoped for. Whether these two ultimately win or lose they’ve demonstrated how important it is for everyone to have what is laughingly called “access to justice” – the right and means to access the judicial system.…
Nick Scott ending one year and starting another with his review of “Dune” Nick says “I always like to see how a film begins and think it is quite important…..” Many people have been waiting a long time for this film, and they will should not be disappointed. I initially thought this film would be based on the 1984 version which starred the singer Sting in a lead role. I then did some research and discovered that version was an enormous flop at the box office. Indeed, the director said that he was going back to the original text of…
It was a family affair when ARTbop Film Reviewer Nick Scott went to see The Rose Maker. Nick says: This was in the French film festival and very well spoken of by critics. The lead character, played by a well known French actress, Catherine Frot, is a rose breeder who is failing to breed an award winning rose. The start of the film has Eve the rose breeder as the victim whose well meaning secretary hires some cheap labour. They’re three ex-cons, doing public service as part of their punishment. They have no horticultural experience. The rose breeder needs to…
Nick Scott was impressed by Stillwater and the performance of Matt Damon. Nick says if you want to see what Damon is capable of “go and see Stillwater”…. If you really want to see what Matt Damon is capable of, go and see the film Stillwater. I have not followed Damon’s career and the one film I went to see of his was the sci-fi/action film Elysium. Because of his role as Jason Bourne, he has become synonymous with “action” films. This one is different. Damon plays an American oil rigger who goes to Marsielle in an endeavour to get…
Irrespective of ethnicity and socio-economic status a trio of mothers currently share the same predicament. HRH Elizabeth II, Mrs Samsudeen and Judge Mary-Beth Sharp. All mothers of sons who have done or have allegedly done something their mother wished they hadn’t. Mothers want their sons to be happy. Mothers want their sons to succeed. Mothers do not ever want to have to face the fact that their loved child might be a terrorist or a fuckwit. Mothers want their child remembered for good things not the infamy of stupidity or worse. If you’ve worked in the law you know that…