"THE SEEKERS"
Sir-I wonder if Helen Taylor and Margaret Ward, when in England, protested against the many absurdities in films made in the U.S.A. about England. Or did they wait until arrival here to. express their parochialism? After all, this film is not a documentary and is made for more important markets than hére. L. D. Austin’s ideas of absurdity and discourtesy seem peculiar to me. He also seems to display a very parochial outlook. Why on earth should a New Zealander write the score? There is no moral or any other obligation involved to make it desirable to employ a New Zealander.
S.
BURBRIDGE
(Auckland).
Sir,-Typical of New Zealand insularity are the letters in The Listener criticising the producers of the film The Seekers for (1) not having a real-life Maori in the role of the Maori girl and (2) not having a New Zealand composer for the background music. Great heavens, what would film producers all over the world do if they had to follow the wishes of everyone in whose country a film was made? Personally, I didn’t like Laya Raki’s glamour leg pose on the cover of The Listener, but millions of people in other parts of the world who see the same "still" will be attracted by it. After all, the picture is to cater for film fans and not students of anthropology. New Zealanders should be pleased that a British film producer has come here to shoot scenes for world release. It will be wonderful publicity for this country.
NEWERA
(Wanganui).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 767, 2 April 1954, Page 5
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257"THE SEEKERS" New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 767, 2 April 1954, Page 5
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