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Snakeskin (2001)
NZ Road Film come of age.
1 August 2001 - 5 out of 7 users found this review helpful.
Kiwis have this really odd approach to our films. We automatically assume that if a film has come from the States, and if it's showing in Hoyts, then it's better than anything ever made in New Zealand, let alone the smelly ol' Mainland.
As Snakeskin aptly shows, this is damn wrong, and it's fitting that it uses the Kiwi appropriation (obsession) with the American Dream as its central theme. In fact, the characters know more about Elvis and Marrilyn ("The patron saints of America guiding us on our journey") than about the small plastic Tiki they have in their car.
It's a very clever, very well directed, *excellent* film. With a kicking soundtrack. This is very important.
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