Arrow filmspremiering at the 1981 cannes film festival, smash palace was the second feature of roger donaldson following the success of sleeping dogs, a film which had heralded the arrival of the new zealand new wave.Smash palace concerns itself with the marriage of former racing driver al bruno lawrence, the quiet earth and french-born jacqui anna jemison, nomads . The pair had met when she nursed him back to health following a career-ending injury. They married, returned to al's native new zealand to take over his late father's wrecking yard business the smash palace of the title and had a child. But over time stagnation has set in, jacqui's resentment of al has grown, and things are threatening to spill over playing out as a darker, more haunting new zealand variation on such us separation movies as kramer vs. Kramer or shoot the moon, smash palace offers a brilliant, vivid messy portrait of masculinity in crisis, driven by lawrence's immense central performance once again confirming his status as one of new zealand's finest actors.Special featureshigh definition blu-ray presentationoriginal mono audio uncompressed lpcm optional english subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingcommentary by writer-director roger donaldson and stunt driver steve millenthe making of smash palace, a 51-minute documentary on the film's production featuring interviews with donaldson, actor keith aberdein, filmmaker geoff murphy and otherstheatrical trailerreversible sleeve featuring origin...
ArrowWebDelivery 29 days | Cost: £ 3£ 18.00£ 24.9928%