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02 AUGUST 2012
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The Lounge Bar: cyclic narrative kiwi short film from 1988

"The zenith of Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair's legendary Front Lawn collaborations, this iconic Kiwi short follows two men and one woman on a rainy night at a deserted bar. Pivoting on amnesia and woven together by music, two timeframes are seamlessly combined and a darkly humorous plot unfolds. The film had a wide international release (Ireland to Norway, Germany to the USA) and was a finalist in the inaugural American Film Festival."

(NZ On Screen)

Fig.1 The Lounge Bar (1988), Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair, Aotearoa New Zealand, 35mm 12 minutes.

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http://www.donmcglashan.com/
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http://harrysinclair.com/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_New_Zealand#The_Coming_of_Age_of_The_New_Zealand_Short_Film

TAGS

1988 • 35mm • amnesia • Aotearoa New Zealand • Australasia • bar • caustic humour • chance meeting • Chinese puzzle box • cyclic narrative • cyclical narrative • Dance to My Ten Guitars • diegetic sound • disturbing tale • Don McGlashan • Future Shorts • Grant Campbell • Harry Sinclair • head injury • headgear • John Gilbert • jukebox • kiwi short films • Kiwiana • Leon Narbey • lounge bar • Lucy Sheehan • memory loss • Monty Python • New Zealand cinema • non-diegetic sound • Peter Jackson • pretty spunky • short film • song • The Coming of Age of The New Zealand Short Film • The Front Lawn • The Girl from Ipanema • The Lounge Bar • Theres a Man at The Bar Staring into Space • weirdness • Wellington Film Society

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Simon Perkins
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