Angel Mine

1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film

  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
68 minutesCountryNew ZealandLanguageEnglish

Angel Mine is a 1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film.[1][2][3][4]

Synopsis

Angel Mine is advertised as a drug for automatically solving marital problems. A young Auckland middle class suburban couple become entangled in this surrealistic world switching between reality and fantasy while attempting to model their lives on media advertising in a world of black leather and punk music.[2][5][6]

Cast

  • Derek Ward as The Man
  • Jennifer Redford as The Woman
  • Myra De Groot as Nun
  • Michael Wilson

Reviews

  • 1978 The Press "Caution: viewing may be damaging".[7]
  • 1994 Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement.[8]
  • 2001 Festival/Awards: NZ Drifting Clouds Film Festival.[9]

References

  1. ^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
  2. ^ a b "Angel Mine". NZ On Screen. New Zealand Film Commission. 1978. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Angel Mine (1978)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978)". The New Zealand Herald. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Angel Mine". British Film Institute. 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  6. ^ Blyth, David (2008), "Angel mine", Trove, New Zealand Film Commission [distributor], retrieved 15 January 2023
  7. ^ "N.Z. film gets punk-cult warning". Papers Past. The Press. 25 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu p 51). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. p. 5. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Angel Mine". New Zealand Film Commission. 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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