Landscape in Stamps

Philatelists will delight in this artful National Film Unit production, where stamps are used as a perforated frame for showcasing a pictorial parade of NZ landscapes. The film offers an impressionistic take on the theme, with the landscapes (natural and human) further coloured by poetry and music. Coming from a time before electronic mail, Landscape in Stamps features readings from the work of international poets with scenic sympathies (Whitman, Frost, Thoreau, and more), and the music of composers Vaughan Williams, Handel, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

Postage stamps: tiny reminders of the past, small reflections of the present.

– From the narration

Key Cast & Crew

Michael Reeves

Director

Tom Williamson

Producer

Dale Pomeroy

Cinematographer

David H Fowler

Executive Producer

Bryan Campbell

Opticals

Hendrik Prins

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