Journey Through New Zealand Film - Tapa blanda

For a long time, New Zealand film was off the beaten track - unfamiliar, charting new territory and out there. Now our rich and varied landscape, and the skill of our filmmakers, is celebrated worldwide, in The Piano, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, King Kong, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Whale Rider, The Last Samurai, River Queen and The World's Fastest Indian. Ian Brodie, author of the internationally bestselling Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook and Cameras in Narnia, is the perfect guide to the locations and landscapes which have inspired filmmakers over the past twenty-five years. With stunning photographs, detailed location descriptions, and comments from directors, cast and crew, he has put together a fascinating tour of New Zealand for movie-lovers and visitors alike. Along with a chronology of feature films made in New Zealand and the awards they have won, he paints a superb portrait of location New Zealand.

Ian Brodie is one of New Zealand's most successful nonfiction writers of recent years. His The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook, was one of the one of the inaugural Booksellers Platinum Award titles, with international sales of over 275,000 copies. A devoted Tolkien fanatic, keen photographer and movie fan, he is currently working on another movie-related book