Kiwi Cinema: Quote of the Day

“I can smell you from here dork.” Geogie (Helayna Seiuli), Run (2007, Dir. Mark Albiston)

“When one solider dies another takes his place.” Tiane (Wi Kuki Kaa), Turangawaewae (2002, Dir. Peter Burger)

“Hey don’t look over here. Your ugly face might damage my paintwork” Romeo (Rangi Ngamoki), Two Cars, One Night (2004, Dir. Taika Waititi)

“Good catch Ricky?” Telly (Chelsie Preston-Crayford), Fog (2007, Dir. Peter Salmon)

“You want to look sharp for a girl like that.” Michael Friend (Peter Hambleton), Snap (1994, Dir. Stuart McKenzie)

“Maybe if we looked after our living as well as we do the dead, he’d still be here.” Mana (Cliff Curtis), Mananui (1995, Dir. Poata Eruera)

“It’s hard to find the right words, some people just got a knack for it.” Ngarie (Yvette Reid), Dead Letters (2006, Dir. Paolo Rotondo)

“Oh we’re not Maori cannibals. We’re cannibals, who just happen to be Maori.” Hemi Crane (Temuera Morrison), Fresh Meat (2012, Dir. Danny Mulheron)

“You’re not Fred Astaire yet Morry.” Lawrence, The Day Morris Left (1999, Dir. Dan Salmon)

“It has to be me. I will be the bait.” Lilly, Perfect Creature (2006, Dir. Glenn Standring)

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