"THE SEEKERS"
sir,-The picture on the cover of The Listener dated February 26, of a shot from The Seekers, has filled us with forebodings as to the nature and quality of this film, which we are so soon to see. The German- Javanese Laya Raki, although doubtless a_ talented actress, has most un-Maori-like features, and her Hollywood attitude, with its self-conscious exposure of Jeg, is an insult to the very individual charm of many Maori .women. We, who sign this letter, hale from England, but nevertheless we count it a shame that a British film should appear to be so out-of-tune with its subject matter. Is the original fault in the book or in the film?
HELEN E.
TAYLOR
MARGARET A.
WARD
(Wellington).
Sir,-May I inquire, through. . your columns, why no New Zealand, was invited to write the background music for the above-named motion picture? I could name at least half a dozen New Zealander musicians capable of composing a score. It seems the height of absurdity-to say nothing of dis-courtesy-that a film should be made in New Zealand, while its musical accompaniment is written by. «eamehndu
overseas.
L. D.
AUSTIN
(Wellington
(The film was made more in England than in New Zealand. Only the location work was done in this country.-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 764, 12 March 1954, Page 5
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212"THE SEEKERS" New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 764, 12 March 1954, Page 5
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