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AT THE MOVIES #972                 PRINT THE LEGEND

 

Simon Morris looks at the conflicting demands of history and a good story.  When the truth becomes legend, should you always print the legend?

 

 

The road to Patagonia is the story of a couple who travel from Alaska to the southernmost tip of Patagonia, and along the way shoot enough footage to make a great love story.   Directed, photographed and edited by real-life couple Matty Hannan and Heather Hillier.

 

 

 

Ka whawhai tonu: Struggle without end tells the famous story of Rewi’s Last Stand in the Land Wars of the 1860s.   Directed by Michael Jonathan, it features Tem Morrison (Aquaman), Cliff Curtis (Avatar), Miriama Smith (Love and monsters) and newcomers Paku Fernandez and Hinerangi Harawira-Nicholas.

 

 

 

And Coup de chance is Woody Allen’s 50th movie – and his first entirely in the French language.   A chance meeting – a stroke of luck or the worst thing that could happen?