The AroVideo Podcast celebrates the DVD and all forms of physical media, talking to special guests who've 'adopted' films of personal significance in the AroVideo library...
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Episode 20: Kenneth Chapman on his Video Staff Crush, Julia Roberts & other Magnificent Obsessions
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Episode 19: Jack McGee on Shaun of the Dead, A Ghost Story & his film about AroVideo, "Knowing Tubbs"
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Film student Jack McGee talks about his mini-documentary about a prolific user-reviewer on the Arovideo website and challenges some of the choices made on the 100 Films in 30 Years of Arovideo List. A playful yet insightful conversation about a wide range of movies loathed and loved, including his two Adopt-a-Movie choices.…
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Episode 18: A Two-Part 30th Birthday Edition featuring Movie Adopters & the AroVideo Staff
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AroVideo celebrates its 30th year as a video store with a special episode featuring personal messages from an array of customers who have adopted movies in the library, followed by a group discussion with staff, mostly about the vagaries of putting together a list of 100 extraordinary films that best represent AroVideo over the 30 years.…
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Episode 17: Mary Fawcett on Opening a Bookstore & Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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Mary Fawcett from the soon-to-be-opened Schrödinger's Books talks about her new business venture in retail, thought experiments, her passion for running, and her adopt-a-movie choice of a 1980's classic from illustrious Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar.
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Episode 16: Ross Harris on his Career in Music, Composing & Burnt By the Sun
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Arts Laureate Ross Harris talks about his many years as a composer, lecturer and performer of music, and his approach to composing his many symphonies and chamber works. He's also ventured into electronic experimentation and Klezmer folk music, and gives sound reasons for adopting Nikita Mikhalkov's 1994 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film,…
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Episode 15: Simon Haxton on Pinball Wizardry & Culture
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Pinball collector and entrepreneur Simon Haxton talks all things pinball as well as his career from greenhorn insurance clerk (in the same office as our host) to Mental Health professional, following his own personal trauma. Simon is also the proud adopter of the pinball documentaries, "Special When Lit" and "Wizard Mode".…
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Episode 14: Peter Hassall on Disaster Films and Bad Movie appreciation
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Voracious movie buff and stunt professional Peter Hassall talks up the Disaster Film genre including his adopted movies, When Worlds Collide (1951) and Miracle Mile (1989), as well as the not-so-guilty pleasure of 'Bad' movies.
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Episode 13: Fiona King on Funeral Directing and Funeral Films
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Funeral Director Fiona King talks about her late entry and contemporary approach to running a funeral business and the inspiration behind adopting 10 funeral-themed films in the AroVideo library.
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Episode 12: Ian Pryor from NZ On Screen on Eric Rohmer, The Motorcycle Diaries & Gremlins II
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Film scribe and former AroVideo staff-member Ian Pryor talks about writing his Peter Jackson biography, working for NZ On Screen, bingeing on Eric Rohmer, and his affection for his disparate adopt-a-movie choices, Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries and Joe Dante's Gremlins II.
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Episode 11: Hugh Macdonald on his career in Film, No Ordinary Sheila & From Beyond the Grave
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A conversation with another stalwart of the local film industry, Hugh Macdonald, best known for directing "This is New Zealand" (1970) and “No Ordinary Sheila” (2017), who talks about his career in documentaries, his tenure with the National Film Unit and his experience on the set of his chosen Adopt-a-Movie made by British cult film production hou…
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Episode 10: Graeme Cowley on his career in Film, Utu Redux & Apocalypse Now
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A "feature length" discussion with Graeme Cowley, who talks about his adventures in the New Zealand screen trade that spans six decades, including his key roles at the epicentre of our most iconic films, as well as his adopted movie in the AroVideo library: Apocalypse Now.
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Episode 9: Chris Hormann on the Wellington Film Society 2019 programme & Catherine Deneuve
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Wellington Film Society President Chris Hormann talks about films in the 2019 programme and three films he's adopted at AroVideo starring Catherine Deneuve.
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Episode 8: John Horrell on his Martinborough movie cottage & The White Ribbon
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John Horrell talks about his rental cottage in Martinborough (which offers guests access to his extensive personal DVD collection) and his admiration for Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and other meaningful movies related to his native South Africa.
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Episode 7: Elric Kane on Film Podcasting & Cult Movies
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Ex-patriot Kiwi Film Podcaster Elric Kane talks about living in L.A., Danny Peary's influential Cult Movie books and the five films he's adopted in the AroVideo library - Possession, A Place in the Sun, Cockfighter, The Swimmer, and The Seventh Victim. Plus an afterword about Andrew's meeting with the NZ Film Censor.…
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Episode 6: James Partridge on his Terror-Fi Festival & Candyman [+bonus]
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Terror-Fi Film Festival director James Partridge talks about the joys and challenges of running his own festival and previews some of the films in his 2018 line-up, as well as his Adopt-a-Movie selection: Bernard Rose's Candyman. Then stay tuned for the episode afterword on our continued censorship woes...…
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Episode 5: Leah McFall on Nora Ephron and Bright Lights
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Newly-published author, columnist and mother-of-two Leah McFall talks up the enchantment of the Romantic Comedy and three Hollywood women who are no longer with us - Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
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Episode 4: John Bach on Acting and King & Country
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Veteran New Zealand actor John Bach gives us a rare and exclusive interview about his professional career spanning five decades and the British WWI drama he chose to adopt in the AroVideo library.
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Episode 3: David Summerfield on The Thing about VHS
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Avid film buff David Summerfield talks film fests and formats, The Thing, and the two films he's adopted on VHS (!) before venturing into the AroVideo attic where we rummage for forgotten gems.
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Episode 2: Nina & Anton from Photonflux talk Alien & Sci-Fi
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Nina Human & Anton Sounes talk about their unique retro Sci-Fi themed bar, creative enterprise, and the three feature films they've adopted at AroVideo.
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Episode 1: Claire Harris on Lindsay Lohan
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Claire Harris has adopted the entire catalogue of films starring Lindsay Lohan in the AroVideo library, and talks to us about her extended art project/tribute to the Hollywood child and teen star.
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