Haha! New Zealand, 1982.If those two concepts aren't exciting you already, make sure you see Sleeping Dogs (1982), starring Sam Neill.
The premise is that a general strike occasions the rise of an authoritarian military government in New Zealand.
Repression and general mayhem ensue.
Sam Neill is your reluctant hero in the resistance. As it happens, its ekshually a great film, and the first NZ film ever screened in the US of Ay, Bro.
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I do believe I've been spammed. For only the 2nd time
If you haven't watched the audition tapes of Beached Az on the ABC's site, then do! Sam Neill is totally BRILLIANT!
A film based on NZ labour politics?! Will have to check it out. And if you've only been spammed twice, think yourself v lucky.
Well, its a dystopia meets resistance plot line Melissa. The background is a general strike, but the movie follows the reluctant Neill and the small underground that ropes him in, rather than the class politics of it. Great film.
And yes, thats the upside to Blogger's clunkiness - hard to comment, hard to spam.
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