S3E3.5: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Added 2023-10-05 11:43:50 +0000 UTCThis week, further to our Solidarity Position of resolutely pretending America has never made a film, we're checking out a New Zealand production! Will our hearts be warmed by this tale of two misfits on the run, or will Taika Waititi's complete inability to not cast his friends somewhat undercut the movie's condemnation of the racialised abuse endemic to the foster care system?
To help us get to the bottom of this question we've brought on friend of the show Ross Palethorpe, a youth worker and certified Kiwi!
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THE MOVIES ARE ON STRIKE!
SAG-AFTRA is on strike for a number of reasons, from pay for streaming residuals, to the rights to own your own appearance, to the right to not have AIs trained off your work.
So if you've got a few spare pennies, why not chip in to help keep movies from becoming Shit Forever.
https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-snacklist-support-striking-workers
IATSE workers are struggling at the moment as well, as they can't work during the current strike actions but aren't themselves on strike- the Motion Picture Television Fund is a 501(c)3 charity that provides a range of assistance. https://mptf.com
Additionally, SAG and WGA members started another 501(c)3 charity called The Union Solidarity Coalition - https://tusctogether.com
And if you're in the UK, the UCU could still do with some help
https://www.ucu.org.uk/fightingfund
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Comments
Oh shit they did mention it
Robert Gillard
2025-11-04 19:58:10 +0000 UTCThis film has significantly different vibes after the whole Tom Philips thing
Robert Gillard
2025-11-04 19:39:04 +0000 UTCI was in driving around NZ as a tourist from aus a few years before this movie came out and we happened to drive past that army base paddock as that tank with a Maori hanging out the top was smashing along next to us for serval kilometres and I was like that's was wild and random. When I saw tanks in this movie after that I lost my mind pointed at screen and yelled "see!"
Tom Skimmings
2025-08-21 08:41:25 +0000 UTCListening through as I am late to this party, but...big same, November.
Ingrid Havlik
2024-06-28 14:34:52 +0000 UTCWhile on the topic of indigenous films, getting a native podcaster on as a guest and doing Thunderheart would be legendary. It's Bad but it sure as hell has a lot to say about masculinity
Zagreuses-toast
2023-12-12 05:59:09 +0000 UTCLate to those and catching up! At one point there's mention of taking a bunch of 'troubled' boys into the bush on camp being a super normal thing to do. Across the road in Australia, about once a year one our various current affairs programs will feature this very type of camp! The idea being what if we teach these boys how to survive in the wild and talk about their feelings? So apparently it is indeed normal here?
Sara Amorosi
2023-12-10 06:47:36 +0000 UTCCatching up on a backlog of KJBs so am in with this... https://fuckyeahworldoftaika.tumblr.com/post/187920996342/taika-waititi-and-lin-manuel-miranda-doing-what
Loz Pycock
2023-10-21 16:42:35 +0000 UTCThe cameo by Taika as the priest at the funeral is legitimately my favorite part of the movie. I first saw this in the depths of the beginning of the pandemic, and the absurdity of it made me laugh harder than I had for a long time. We even incorporated his “sermon” into the reading that our officiant did for our wedding in place of anything religious. He’s tricky like that, Jesus!
Adria Reed
2023-10-14 23:25:32 +0000 UTC1:24:54 if your looking for another nz movie i've heard good things about "goodbye pork pie" never actually seen it but everyone here of a certain age always says things like "what you haven't seen it" and you should go watch it its great" and the like soo
Alfred Lang
2023-10-12 09:29:39 +0000 UTC55:34 probably because the book its based on was published in 1986 so im guessing a lot of the ahem "acceptable stereotypes in the film probably also if not come from that time then are influenced by it regards the parliament protests i have to say i was more of the treat them like the toddlers they are being and dont you know do a nz waco and as for threats meh i mean we can all ways elect new mps if it ever does come to it
Alfred Lang
2023-10-12 08:53:58 +0000 UTCGood episode. Suggestion: The Battle for Algiers! Great movie that was made in newly independent Algeria. Amazing and incredible view inside a guerilla war and how an insurgency functions. I wish the Army would've shown this movie instead of a million power point slides. I'd be willing to talk about this more if you want a shitty Army infantryman's perspective Also good choice would be Patlabor 2, subject Alice to some Anime about Japan's post-80s malaise, the relationship between government and the JSDF, military coups, the USA's patronizing position, AND MORE! Plus GORGEOUS animation.
Tyler Smith
2023-10-05 16:24:42 +0000 UTCYou guys should do Parasite at some point, much to say about masculinity and class (I don’t think it counts as struck but if it does please disregard this comment)
Luke
2023-10-05 15:27:58 +0000 UTC
