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Gaylene's Take

Gaylene Preston

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Description:From one of our very best filmmakers comes a memoir of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand.Gaylene Preston has always sought out the stories that have not yet been told, and in this book she reveals the challenges and sometimes heartbreak that have come with that ambition. In both wide lens and close-up, she writes of formative experiences: her childhood in Greymouth in the 1950s, working in a psychiatric institution near Cambridge, England in the 70s, interviewing her tight-lipped father about his life in the war, and a mysterious story of her great-grandfather chiselling a biblical text off a gravestone in the dead of night. Along the way she takes us behind the scenes and into the shadows of some of the most enduring popular classics of New Zealand cinema, including Mr Wrong, Ruby & Rata, War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us, and My Year With Helen, and how she has worked to realise her vision, come what may.Preston is one of Aotearoa’s most distinctive storytellers, and in Gaylene’s Take she brings the compassion, humour, irreverence and heart that her films are known for to the page.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gaylene's Take. To get started finding Gaylene's Take, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 367

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Te Herenga Wakapress

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1776920147

Description: From one of our very best filmmakers comes a memoir of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand.Gaylene Preston has always sought out the stories that have not yet been told, and in this book she reveals the challenges and sometimes heartbreak that have come with that ambition. In both wide lens and close-up, she writes of formative experiences: her childhood in Greymouth in the 1950s, working in a psychiatric institution near Cambridge, England in the 70s, interviewing her tight-lipped father about his life in the war, and a mysterious story of her great-grandfather chiselling a biblical text off a gravestone in the dead of night. Along the way she takes us behind the scenes and into the shadows of some of the most enduring popular classics of New Zealand cinema, including Mr Wrong, Ruby & Rata, War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us, and My Year With Helen, and how she has worked to realise her vision, come what may.Preston is one of Aotearoa’s most distinctive storytellers, and in Gaylene’s Take she brings the compassion, humour, irreverence and heart that her films are known for to the page.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gaylene's Take. To get started finding Gaylene's Take, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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