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The Selling of New Zealand Movies

by Lindsay Shelton From Goodbye Pork Pie to The Lord Of The Rings - here, for the first time, is the fascinating inside story of the deal-making, shrewd moves and sheer luck that - in just a few years - took New Zealand films from obscurity to the top of the world. 'The New Zealand film industry is one of the wonders of the world - an unparalleled success story with directors and stars of international reputation' AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE

How to Listen to Pop Music

by Nick Bollinger It's the music that shook the world. 'I don't sound like nobody, ' Elvis Presley said in 1954. True. The truck driver from Memphis was about to set off the biggest musical cataclysm since Mozart. 'Good book! Like an Antipodean version of Nick Hornby's 31 Songs but more expansive and generous ... This other Nick experiences the primeval wonder at first exposure to pure pop, the wild enthusiasm for songs and records that leave others bemused and cold, the insane need to track this music to its roots' CHRIS KNOX